"Fine, you've got three days. Don't play any tricks on me when the time comes!"

The man was about to hang up.

Quincy felt a sting of injustice. Why were so many guys willing to bend over backwards for Dorothy?

This was ten million dollars, not just a thousand! And to hand that over without any guarantee, he must really be smitten with Dorothy. "Wait a sec! Can you at least tell me your name?"

"Why do you wanna know?"

"No big reason, just curious. We've made a deal after all, knowing your name isn't too much to ask, right?"

The man was silent for a few seconds, and just when Quincy thought he wouldn't divulge his name, he suddenly spoke up.

"Lane."

"What?"

"I said, my name's Lane."

...

fell, Everett

hadn't gotten in touch, it meant he was probably out playing some charade with Quincy. Dorothy

loved the wrong person, before understanding

finished their homework and were now chattering about

was the reason

kids. Not so much for the help they could provide later in life

like these, making life

Complete.

over, clutching his laptop as if

replied while taking

"He should be

you can't

the time,

about your eyesight?"

trying to fix a bug in the system, but every time the progress bar hits 50%, it freezes and then tells me there's a memory

to wait for him then. No more screen time until he's

"It's dad's fault!

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