Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Marcus faces the fallout of his encounter with the scout as Mr. Thompson's texts grow more insistent. A late-night meeting at an abandoned warehouse forces Marcus to confront the real cost of the money he took, ending with a threat that changes everything.
Marcus didn't sleep that night.
He lay in bed with the envelope still under his mattress, his phone on the nightstand, the unknown number glowing in his memory. He'd deleted the text from R.T., but he couldn't delete the weight of it. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw the scout's weathered face, heard his warning, felt the five hundred dollars burning a hole through the cotton and springs.
His mother stirred on the couch around midnight. He heard her shuffle to her room, her footsteps slow and heavy. He wanted to call out to her, to tell her about Westbrook, about the scout, about the money. But he didn't. She had enough to worry about.
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