|BERNICE POV|
Three years ago, I was just another twenty-one-year-old girl trying to survive college and navigate my way through life. I had dreams, goals, and a quiet strength. But none of that mattered the day my father knocked on my dorm door with desperation in his eyes and death hanging over his shoulders like a shadow.
He told me to follow him home, and I did. That’s when he explained to me that he owed a lot of money. Not to a bank, not to the government, but to him. The man people only whispered about but never saw. His name was Vincent Langston. A multi-billionaire whose business was built on blood and fear.
He was ruthless and unforgiving. He was a man who never bargained, never showed mercy, and saw people as nothing more than possessions. When others failed to pay what they
