THE RISE OF JEREMY COLLINS

furrowed, staring at the woman before him in c

dropping his glass of whiskey on the counter to be s

She said ma

rested…” He snapped. He was the worst person to play

oke around?” She asked evenly, her voi

just heard, but he couldn't get anything from her. It wa

w, I have no Id

new you wouldn't recognize me. I am Ariel, Ariel McDonald…” she

to ring any bells? Because it didn't. The only

igh when she realized he st

e pulled out an envelope

ed it to find a picture inside, he took it ou

icture again, flabbergasted by the remarka

aces and acne and from what he could see, was no longer the

e now?” She tilted

, you

said, snatching the picture from his

.” She turned around to face his, her e

re, it was even more clear

sms, the Ariel he knew from five years ago

ht now and even if I were, I still would want to get to know my wife first and not j

bles?" She asked a

ong before shrugging

s been cheating on me with my ex-boss and my mother is in the hospital sick to an inch of

redibly pathetic to her, but he didn't care

her as an afterthought. He hated th

said, ignoring

at?” He asked wi

me or if you don't want that, I can buy you a business o

apidly, not sure of

ing serious

me, all of what I've me

my mother's medical bills, that was all he needed to

haven't seen and barely spoke to in high

e in his he

say, Jeremy?”

up at her

ka

and began to rumma

phone number. I want you to meet me at the tow

out the name of the company…”McDona

any in the United States, he knew this because his girlfr

there.” He gl

oo

one number to call me

smiled

ut of the bar, both mesmerized by her an

eed to, afterall this could just be a ploy to collect his innards and sell i

it if you like,” that anno

he won't be able to pay his mother's Medica

just gotten a notification. He picked u

read that he had just been credi