Chapter 45. Fast and Silent

It had been twenty-four hours since the text message, and Calla couldn’t stop the fear from creeping into her heart and head.

They needed full payment. Those men her father owed needed nothing less, but all of it. It was a huge amount… ridiculously large amount.

Even though she’d been working for years as an escort to pay off the debt, it still couldn’t pay off a quarter of what is owed.

Makes her wonder how much and how long her father has been collecting from them.

She couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep well, and couldn’t reason properly about what to do. She reread the text message a hundredth time and still couldn’t find another meaning to it. It was clear. She had nowhere out of this, and it’s either she pays or her brother would get hurt and she would never risk that.

The worst part, they’re asking her to go back to fucking men to earn more.

Yes, Rico was generous, paying her exactly what he promised. But most of that money went into her brother’s