"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."

...

night fell, Everett hadn't

and hadn't gotten in touch, it meant he was

before realizing they'd loved the wrong person, before understanding Everett was unattainable. He would always stay by

had finished their homework and were now chattering about their

this was the reason

much for the help they could provide later in life their duty of

like these, making life

Complete.

over, clutching his laptop as if he couldn't bear to be apart from it

replied while

"He should be

Langston, you can't be on

the time,

about your eyesight?"

in the system, but every time the progress bar hits 50%, it

then. No more screen time until he's

pouted, "It's dad's

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