Where did you get that ring

came first.

“Sit down, Adrian.”

Then Adrian, casual and annoyed. “I don’t have much time.”

“You have time to ask me for four hundred thousand dollars.”

“It’s not asking. It’s an opportunity.”

My father said nothing.

Adrian continued, “You know Isabella isn’t built for business. When you and Elena are gone, she’ll drown in all this. I can help manage it.”

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