The Unexpected Son-in-law

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‘’Anyway, I can’t pay back that loan. I don’t think I even want to,’’ Mark says as he enters his office again.

Cassandra is baffled by his words. “Why?”

‘’I believe when that Tate kid bought JCDA, all the previous contracts have been terminated. I never got a new draft to say there is a new owner or anything about how the payment would be worked out.’’

‘’Y-‘’

‘’Listen, I owe 300 million in loan. If I should pay Tate back, then I would have to pay back all those other companies first, seeing that I went to JCDA last for a loan.’’

‘’Why so much? How come you owe that much?’’ Cassandra asks.

‘’I am a businessman; I am trying to save my company.’’

But what he doesn’t know is that while he was on the phone, Cassandra looked through the important files on his computer that he foolishly left open. She already saw that apart from JCDA, Mark only owned one other loan company. He had paid another five million dollars, which was more than what he borrowed from them.

‘’I have a lot on my plate an