A sudden chill settled deep within her heart. Despite the sumptuous breakfast laid before her, she had little appetite. Just two days ago, she'd invested five million in cryptocurrency.
She opened her phone and saw message after message from her parents, urging her to send them the rest of the money. Since this was her first attempt, she didn’t want to risk everything at once, so she’d only sent a bit to test the waters. She’d planned to make sure they received it before sending the rest.
Cryptocurrency was new and somewhat mysterious—a whole new financial system, famous for its anonymous account structures. But the process of transferring money from a personal bank account to buy the currency was all carefully recorded and very public.
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"I couldn’t get her to tell me anything… She’
