After the party, the entire city was talking about Barry.
Newspapers called him "The Digital Phantom Who Became a Billionaire." News channels ran special programs about how he had made his fortune. Financial experts tried to understand the mysterious trading system that had made him rich.
But Barry ignored most of it.
He spent his days with his lawyers and accountants, making sure everything was legitimate. Apparently, the system that had made him rich had come from some kind of glitch in a new cryptocurrency network—a glitch that had been in his favor. It wasn't illegal. It was just extraordinarily lucky.
By all laws and standards, the money was his.
What occupied Barry's mind more was Isabella Chen.
At the party, she had been kind and curious. She had congratulated him on his succe
