Blind Ambition

"What's there to be happy about?" Chloe gave him a deadpan look.

"If that old geezer kicks the bucket, the Mercer family will be all Desmond's," Wallace said, both nervous and obviously eager.

"Then the Monroe family can ride that momentum—not just Oakmont's top elite, but maybe even a powerhouse across the whole country," he added.

As soon as he finished, an unsettling silence filled the hospital