He had deliberately trapped my family in a web of financial crime. By holding this fraudulent loan over their heads, you own them,’ I said, my voice laced with disgust. ‘You turned my parents into your puppets. They are my pets,’ Terrence corrected viciously. ‘As long as that half million dollar debt is sitting in my desk drawer, Richard and Brenda will never cross me.
They will never demand anything from the Jefferson estate. They will smile, they will nod, and they will force Britney to be the perfect obedient little bride. If she ever steps out of line, all I have to do is mention the word wire fraud, and her parents go to federal prison. They are bought and paid for.
He was a monster wearing a designer suit. He had weaponized my identity to enslave my entire family, and they were too blinded by their own greed to realize they had sold their souls to a tyrant. ‘You are just as pathetic as they are,’ I said, my voice steady and unwavering. ‘You bypassed your own father’s strict compliance regulations.
