Dumbfounded, Rory continued to gaze at the single numerical value on the machine’s screen. He blinked several more instances, wiping his eyes, unsure if he was dreaming as tears started running down his cheeks. Yet no matter how many times he did, the amount on his account remained all zeros.
“Why? How did this happen?”
He could not understand why the emergency money that was supposed to be left for him would disappear like that. Had his bank closed, did his parents withdraw all of it thinking that they would all escape together, or had he been completely cut-off?
These questions kept repeating repeatedly in his mind as he clutched on the remaining cash that he had.
“I don’t get it?”
He was now panting, trying to figure out what could have possibly happened. Losing his sanity because
