Chapter 6 - The Fall of Bradsdale Global
"Sabrina, please!" Kenneth cried out, dropping to his knees on the damp lawn in front of the deputies, the movers, and several neighbors who had gathered to watch the spectacle. "I made a mistake! I was stressed! I was confused! I love you! I love our daughter!"
"You didn't love us when you dropped my heavy hospital bag at the front door," I said coldly, looking down at him without a single drop of pity. "You didn't love us when you told me I was 'dead weight' while I was doubled over in pain from labor contractions. And you certainly didn't love us when you brought another woman into my hospital room to show off a ring three hours after my body was cut open to save our baby."
Kenneth wept openly, clutching at the grass. "I was wrong! Please, Sabrina, give me one more chance! We can be a family!"
"The time for chances expired the moment Mrs. Burke pulled out of this driveway with me in her car," I said softly.
At that exact moment, Kenneth’s phone buzzed violently in his pocket.
He pulled it out with trembling hands and answered it on speaker. It was his primary business partner, Marcus.
"Kenneth! Where the hell are you?!" Marcus screamed through the phone speaker, loud enough for everyone on the lawn to hear. "The bank just called in our three-hundred-thousand-dollar business loan! They said the note was sold to a private holding firm that is demanding full immediate settlement by five o'clock today! If we don't pay, they're freezing all our corporate accounts and filing for emergency liquidation!"
Kenneth stared at the phone in horror. "What?! Who bought the note?!"
"A company called Fairview Heritage LLC!" Marcus yelled back in sheer panic. "Kenneth, we're ruined! We don't have three hundred thousand dollars! We're bankrupt!"
Kenneth’s hand went completely limp. The phone slipped from his fingers and landed face down in the mud.
He looked up at me, his eyes wide with a horrific realization.
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"Fairview..." Kenneth whispered, his voice cracking. "Your grandfather..."
"My grandfather made sure that no parasite would ever feed off his family's hard work without paying the price," I said quietly.
