A Crazy Night Novel

The check of two hundred thousand on the desk seemed to be beckoning at her. Powerless to resist, Macy nodded.

“Yes. The Gibson family and the Hadley family were partners on a large project. To attain the approval of the board and become the CEO, Nigel worked hard on the project. He was the one who recommended the supplier to Timothy.”

“What is the supplier’s name?”

“That’s the third question, Christina. Up the price.”

Macy was no fool. She guessed that Christina was investigating the accident, which Nigel was inextricably linked to.

Despite a couple’s marital vows, each will save themselves when disaster strikes. Besides, Nigel was the one to throw me under the bus first. I’m only repaying the favor.

Sebastian produced a check written out for three hundred thousand and placed it on top of the earlier one. Macy reached out to grab them but could not yank them free.

“You haven’t answered Mrs. Hadley yet, Mrs. Gibson,” Sebastian reminded her.

Macy withdrew her hand sheepishly. “Nigel never shared his business dealings with me, so I can’t give you a name. What I do know is that they have formed a company together over the years, with Nigel taking the lion’s share of the profits. He’s even the largest shareholder, wielding absolute power.”

Christina could tell that Macy’s narrative largely corroborated with what Nathaniel told her.

The possibility of Nigel being the mastermind was more or less established, but without evidence, everything they knew could just as easily change.

Christina signaled Sebastian to hand over the money.

Macy could hardly conceal her greed at the sight of the checks in her hands totaling close to a million. She motioned at Christina impatiently.

“Keep going. What else do you want to know? I’ll tell you everything as long as the price is right.”

Christina realized that Nigel’s marriage was not as perfect as they made it seem to the world. She would not uncover anything important if she persisted with the line of questioning through Nigel.

have anything to do with Miranda’s and

madly at Christina’s chest. “Watch your mouth, Christina!” she

told you how Miranda and Madison died,”

did so. “Though I am in urgent need of money, I will not allow my daughter’s name to

deal is over.”

leave, but Christina’s voice, dripping with temptation, sounded in her

she does not care whether you live or die. All you have to do

to?”

like lead. She could not take

is the lifeline that can drag me out of this mess. She is right. The two

a moment, Macy turned away from the snare and left without so much as a backward glance.

check. “Are you sure we’re just going to let her leave?”

is no such thing as a last hand for a gambler.

the meaning behind her words. “I know what to do, Mrs. Hadley.”

her bed, Christina had a video call with the children, then spoke with Nathaniel on the phone for over an hour, after which she

she had taken earlier that day. More importantly, her debt. swelled from five million to over ten million.

of the casino left Macy with no chance of escape. Before she could do

the casino feigned a lapse

went according to Christina’s

not fare much better, either. After facing numerous rejections and ridicule, they still failed to gather anything despite

police suddenly turned up and all but forced them back to the precinct to aid

operations and, at most, only provided Nigel with ideas. Without evidence, the police released him after asking him a few

Gibson Corporation, he had plenty of skeletons in his closet; any single crime of the myriad he

Nigel was indispensable. Thus, when the following day broke, Yerek went to Gibson Corporation with a stack

had been waiting for almost three hours at the entrance to Gibson Corporation when