I looked up, and there he was—the bald man from the loan shark group.
I frowned and kept my guard up. "Didn't you say I had a month?! It's not even close to that yet!"
"No, Ms. Clark." The bald man sneered. "The deadline's been moved up. You need to have all the money by next Monday."
"Next Monday?! That's impossible!" I screamed, my voice cracking with panic.
"Seems like you've pissed someone off. They want to make your life miserable," he said, flashing a malicious grin.
Pissed someone off? The first names that came to mind were Grace and Jenna...
The bald man continued with a sinister smirk, "This is just a heads-up. If you can't pay by then, we'll come make a scene at your company. Then we'll take the show to your grandmother's nursing home..."
"I get it! I'll figure it out!" I
