SIMON THE ZILLIONAIRE FROM NOWHERE

18

Eddie returned to his hotel room, feeling a mix of exhaustion and satisfaction after a long shift at the nightclub. He tossed his jacket onto the bed and plopped down into the chair by the small desk. Pulling out his phone, he decided it was time to check in with his younger sister, Jennifer. They hadn’t spoken in a few days, and he missed her.

He dialed Jennifer’s number and waited as the phone rang. After a few moments, she picked up. “Eddie! Hey, how are you?”

“Hey, Jen! I’m good, just got off work. I’m working at a nightclub now, you know. It’s called Luminous. Not bad, really. How about you?”

There was a brief pause on the other end of the line. Eddie could almost hear her thinking. When Jennifer finally spoke, her voice was barely above a whisper. “Eddie, I don’t know what to do…”

Eddie sat up, alarmed by the change in her tone. “Jen, what’s wrong?”

Jennifer took a shaky breath. “I saw Douglas with another woman today. He was...he was cheating on me, Eddie. I confronted him, and