Chapter 14 Move Over Tonight

• "Oh, you lost weight again. You're so thin, Susan. Please don't get mad at Dad and Mom. They only did this for your own good. And thanks to you, I can get over this crisis. But um, can you lend me thirty grand? I promise I'll pay you back. I wouldn't have asked, but I have no choice."
• Susan put her chicken wing down and wiped her hands with the tissue, then she looked at her brother—Dick Mondragon—with resignation. "Why do you need so much money? I don't have any money left. I spent seventy-five dollars last night, and I have barely two hundred left. I don't have thirty grand. Thirty dollars, maybe. Thirty grand? Forget about it." She whipped out her phone and showed her bank balance to him to prove she was telling the truth.
• After Dick looked at it, he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, looking as if he was crying. "You can get Andrew to lend you some. Thirty grand is nothing for him. Someone scammed my wife out of thirty grand, and the debt collectors are hot on our tail. If we can't pay up, she's going to get a divorce. You don't want my son to have a broken family, do you?"