Chapter 40

• "Even a long-term friend can be blinded by greed and ambition. And while I can't say that this inheritance hasn't brought me a lot of good things, it's also brought a host of other problems. All my old 'friends' started hitting me up for money within a day of the newsbreak. And I haven't even left this apartment since I got back from Paris, except for this one trip to the hospital. I'm a prisoner in my own home."
• "I guess you can see why I didn't want to get involved with you."
• I felt my heart sink just a little more at her statement. "The reasons, yes I understand. But that doesn't mean it didn't hurt." Unconsciously, I was now putting on the perfect puppy dog face.