Chapter 26 — A Mob of Creditors

Another silence fell, and then the family began, in earnest, to eat itself alive.

The uncle wanted repayment of a personal loan from two years back.

A cousin wanted to know where the event deposits had gone.

The aunt who had cheered teach her a lesson that morning was now screaming for an immediate audit.

In the space of a few minutes, the tight-knit family that had closed ranks against a stranger in the rain had dissolved into a room full of furious creditors turning on the woman at its center.