SEVENTEEN
Author: My Agyei
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

The Price of Help

Lewis Anderson sat in the luxurious but increasingly lonely Anderson mansion, feeling the effect of his failures pressing down on him. He was desperate for a way out of their financial mess, his father had been throwing annoying words at him. so he turned to the one person he thought could help—his sister, Gracia.

He wanted her to use her influence to get help for him from her new man, Edward.

“Gracia, I don’t know what to do anymore, I've done everything but nothing seems to be working,” Lewis confessed, his voice heavy with despair. “Dad’s blaming me for everything, and I’ve lost almost all our money. We need a miracle to survive.”

Gracia, always the more level-headed of the two, listened intently. “Lewis, we can’t afford to make any more mistakes. We need to think this through carefully. Then find a way around it. Any hasty decision would definitely be a disaster.”

Lewis nodded, though his eyes were filled with doubt. He wanted urgent help and he had thought about
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