PART 2
Kyle finally picked up on the fifth ring, his voice coated in that false, sugary tenderness I had once been foolish enough to believe.
“Hey, love, how are you doing? Is everything okay over there at the office?”
“I am at home right now,” I replied, my voice calm and cold.
A sudden, cutting silence followed on the other end, then the sharp scream of tires, as though he had slammed his foot on the brakes.
“At home? What do you mean you are at home? Did you just get back?”
“I finished up the contract ahead of schedule, so I decided to fly back early to surprise you,” I said, forcing brightness into my tone.
“Oh… of course… what a wonderful surprise,” he stammered, obviously fighting to regain control of himself. “Is everything alright? Was the project a success?”
I smiled, though there was not a trace of happiness behind it.
“That is actually exactly why I am calling you. I need you to listen to me very calmly. You cannot tell anyone about this, especially not your mother or Heather, because this has to stay strictly between us.”
“What are you talking about, Chloe? What happened?”
I dropped my voice into a secretive whisper, as if I were about to place a kingdom in his hands.
“Kyle, I think we have an opportunity to change our lives forever.”
I heard the shift in his breathing, the instant spark of greed catching fire.
“What do you mean?”
“There is a confidential expansion project at my company. They are going to build a massive data center and industrial park in a remote area of southern Idaho that has been stalled for years due to local land disputes. It has not been announced yet, but once the public filing happens, that land will triple in value overnight.”
“Are you absolutely sure about this?”
“I saw the confidential master plan documents before I left. I cannot move any of my own money because the company is performing an internal audit on all senior management after the trip. If I make a personal purchase now, it will look like illegal insider trading. But you could do it for us.”
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