Isabella called to ask what was going on, and Tanya quickly explained the situation before hanging up in a panic.
She immediately tried calling Max, but to her disbelief, his phone was turned off.
She called again. Still no answer. Then again. Nothing.
They had agreed he'd be at Hawke Manor by 10:00, but now it was already past. No sign of him, and the phone was off?
That could only mean one thing—she'd been played. Her one thousand dollars, plus the charge to her credit card, were all about to vanish into thin air!
The thought of all the money she had scrimped and saved just to get scammed was enough to make her heart pound with frustration.
"That damn liar!"
She was broke, barely scraping by, and yet someone was out there taking her money?
The nerve!
And what now? What would she
