And The World Crumbled Around Him

The world spun, my head pounded and my hands trembled.

My eyes started to the part of the screen responsible for my panic.

[Reward: minus 1.5 billion dollars.]

The words sat innocently on the screen, as if taunting me. I stared at it, as if glaring at it hard enough would make the number disappear. 

My heart kept beating a crazy rhythm in my chest as if there was a rave going on in there. Sweat gathered in my palm and I cleaned it on my shirt.

"How... how the hell is this a reward?" I muttered. 

What is going to happen now?

I began pacing back and forth in my living room, my mind running. How was Quinn a hundred and fifty million dollars in debt? She only had to pay a hundred and twenty. At most, she should've been seventy million.

And why would she take out a loan for the money? Didn't she have rich parents or something?

Honestly, I was the one at fault here. I should've known the money won't just come out of thin air.