The Million-Dollar Lie

It's a check!

It's a fucking check, and the amount written on it seems to run into millions of dollars. Why the fuck would he give him such an amount?

I don't wait to ask either of them other questions and immediately start to rip the check into shreds. They don't do anything but watch as I rip it. Once I'm done, I let the pieces fall to the ground.

My eyes return to Alaric, and I see him watching