Revenge of The Furtive Billionaire Heir

243. Take this

“I’ve got to take this,” I tell Gerald and before he could answer, I take the call, “Hello, Estelle.”

“Oh, hello, Jace. For a moment there I was afraid that you’d given me the wrong number, but I’m very glad you didn’t.” Estelle replies with no hesitation whatsoever, “Anyway, did you get the card issue fixed?”

“Um, yes,” I say, “it’s all fixed. Just came out of the bank, actually.”

“Oh, great, great. Did you have any damage? Did anyone drain you of your accounts?”

“Uh, no, nothing like that. Not sure about the actual cash though.”

“Oh, good.”

“Yeah.”

“Awesome.”

“Not really?” Is it me or was this getting awkward? And why am I smelling lavender and cream again? Was this phantom memory smell or something? “I mean, this whole thing just kind of sucks. I need to get new identification information too, a new social security card, get a new wallet…you know, all this stuff that I need to exist as a legal citizen here.”

“Oh, yeah, right.” Estelle replies, “Well, I called to tell you that I tal