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 pla
oke around?" She asked evenly, her voi
just heard, but he couldn't get anything from her. It wa
w, I have no Id
ew 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 h
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
right now and even if I were, I still would want to get to know my wife first and not
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..."McDo
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