Chapter 4

For the next two weeks, I kept up the act with my parents, pretending to be caught up in the fantasy of striking it rich overnight.

We "sold" off all our family's investments, and my dad even managed to mortgage the house to secure a massive loan.

I personally oversaw every penny, funneling it into a stock account and betting everything on StarSea Tech.

Of course, that account was nothing but an empty shell.

The real money was moved into an ultra-secure private trust, carefully set up with Mandy's help.

Meanwhile, Howard was likely living it up, watching everything unfold…