Chapter 4

I said, "Handing out bags is lame. I'd rather just give cash.

"Here's a million dollars in cash. That's more than six times what your bags are worth.

"So, Ms. Holcomb, are you still in? Can you match that?"

As soon as I finished talking, the cloth bags burst open and a million dollars in cash rained down onto the crowd below.

Bills fluttered through the air as people scrambled and leapt, desperate to snatch up as many as possible.

Some people might not like getting bags, but who didn't love cash?

Maya's face went ghostly pale at what I…