Chapter 200 A Price To Be Paid


    Tommy had always been an ignorant person. All he knew how to do was eat, drink, gamble, and y


    with women. Before, he had gotten into a fight over a woman and almost gone to prison. He only


    managed to escape imprisonment with Deborah''s help.


    Deborah wasn''t helping him out of kindness, rather she wanted to use Loraine. As expected, she did


    not let Deborah down.


    Tommy did nothing all day. Loraine was worried that her son would go down the wrong path again so


    she asked Deborah to help him find a job.


    It took Deborah a lot of time to find a job for Tommy. He was uneducated yet he picky with his work. He


    wanted an easy yet high paying job.


    Deborah sessively found several jobs for him but he would always mess them up. In the end, she


    had no choice but to hire him as Steven''s driver.


    Tommy had always been on the lower end of society. He was so happy when he heard from his mother


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    that he had been hired to serve a high-end figure.


    Although he was merely a driver, it was rare for an ordinary person to be in such close contact with a


    high-end figure. When people who knew Tommy heard that he was going to be Mr. Cook''s driver, they


    all admired him and looked up to him. Due to that, Tommy felt arrogant and only then did he start to put


    in a lot of effort into doing his job well.


    With Tommy''s character, kissing up to someone was nothing new to him. Steven had a good


    impression of him due to his wits.


    However, recently, Steven had started to dislike Tommy. The other day Director Lewis hade to talk


    to Steven about business. In their conversation, he brought up Tommy.


    "Is Tommy Lewis your driver?"


    "Yes. Why?" Steven asked. His intuition told him that Tommy must have done something to be under


    the police''s radar.


    "The other day, we held a raid and arrested quite a few prostitutes. One of the clients who frequented


    that ce had the same name."


    "What did you say?" Steven''s expression changed. Although Tommy was just his driver, it would not be


    good for his reputation if word got out. People would assume that Steven himself was involved in those


    kinds of matters too.


    "The police officers had wanted to arrest him, but he brought up your name and said that he was your


    driver. The officers checked and found that he was telling the truth. They didn''t want to drag your name


    into the mud so they let him go. A couple dayster, he was caught again in another nightclub with


    drugs. It''s happened twice in a row so I thought I had bettere give you a heads up. As they say, a


    leopard can never change its spots. If he really is your driver, you''d better be more cautious. Try not to


    be seen with him anymore and save yourself the trouble."


    Steven nodded, "I see. Thank you for the heads up."


    After Director Lewis left, Steven frowned. As the saying went, ''a rotten apple spoils the barrel'', Tommy


    could not work under him anymore.


    Naturally, Steven was not one to drag things on. He quickly fired Tommy. After that, Tommy told Loraine


    about it, who immediately called Deborah.


    Deborah was taken aback too. She wondered if Steven had be suspicious of anything. Could it be


    that he had found out that Tommy had been carrying out her bidding? She had not asked him to do


    much, apart from keeping an eye on Steven and having him throw Eden into the ditch near the hospital


    previously. The likelihood of Steven knowing about those incidents was rather low.


    That evening, Steven came back with a new driver. Naturally, Deborah asked him, "Why have you


    changed your driver? What happened to Tommy?"


    "Don''t even bring him up. He can''t work for me anymore," Steven told her about Tommy''s indulgences


    in prostitutes and drugs. Deborah was relieved, as there were no suspicions about her. She told


    Loraine about what he said and asked her to rx.


    When Loraine heard that her son''s dismissal had nothing to do with him helping Deborah, she was


    relieved too. She had managed to rue quite a lot of money from working for the Myers family over


    the years. Since her son had nothing else to do now, she intended to let him run a business.


    Tommy knew nothing about running a business, and he did not know what kind of business he wanted


    to run. Lorraine suggested opening a supermarket. Tommy originally agreed but after discussing with


    his friend, his friend said that a supermarket was too small of a n. Considering his background,


    Tommy''s friend suggested that he open something more thrilling, like a bar or a nightclub.


    Tommy''s eyes lit up when he heard how much bars and nightclubs could earn. He thought about how


    much he usually spent on drinks when he frequented those ces and felt like that line of business


    was indeed very profitable.


    He told Loraine about his idea. When Loraine heard about how much profit they could earn, she got


    carried away as well and asked him how much they would need to open a bar or a nightclub.


    Tommy actually had no idea, but he told Loraine it would take about a million dors. Loraine was


    shocked and asked, "Why does it take so much money?"


    "This is just for a standard, mediocre nightclub. If we were to open a high-end one, we would need


    even more." Tommy exined, "I''ve asked my friend. He told me that one of his friends has opened a


    medium-end night club, and they earn hundreds and thousands of dors in profits in one night alone.


    We will make all the money back in a year."


    "Is it really that profitable?" Loraine was a little disbelieving, "Let''s leave that aside for now. I''ll ask


    around before deciding."


    Loraine meant to ask Edric. His business was booming and he was a genius in the field. She wanted to


    see what he would say.


    That night when Edric returned home, Loraine purposely asked him about nightclubs. She told him that


    her friend wanted to open one but she was not sure if it would be profitable. Edric smiled faintly, "This


    line of business is quite profitable. I often bring clients there. It''s not unusual to spend tens of


    thousands in a night. Their profits are all very high."


    When Loraine heard Edric mention that he often spent up to tens of thousands of dors, her eyes lit


    up. She had gotten confirmation that this business was profitable, so she agreed to her son''s request.


    However, she couldn''t withdraw such a huge sum in one go. She asked her son to look for a suitable


    location first. Tommy and a bunch of friends immediately went to hunt around and they just so


    happened to have met someone who was looking to sell his nightclub. The nightclub was already


    furnished and it was in a strategic location. The owner said that with good management, they could


    earn millions in a year easily. The owner was leaving the country, so he wanted to sell his nightclub off


    at a cheap price.


    Tommy was very tempted by his offer. The owner sincerely wanted to let the nightclub go. He even let


    Tommy visit it to see how business was doing. Tommy stayed at the nightclub for an entire night and


    saw that business was indeed booming. He grew even more tempted.


    The owner offered to sell it for 1.2 million dors. However, Tommy did not have that much money.


    Loraine had been working for the Myers family for nine years, with her bonus and Deborah''s additional


    sry, she only had about five hundred thousand dors in total.


    Five hundred thousand dors was miles away from 1.2 million dors. They did not have the funds so


    Loraine could only persuade Tommy to give it up. However, the prospect of obtaining the high earnings


    was overly tempting to Tommy so he refused to listen to her. He asked Loraine to borrow some money


    from Edric. However Loraine did not dare to ask. Then, Tommy asked her to borrow some from


    Deborah. After all, they had both done so much for Deborah. She should at least reward a little. They


    were only borrowing the money, and once they started earning, they would definitely pay Deborah


    back.


    Loraine had no choice but to go talk to Deborah. Deborah was fuming when she heard the amount


    Loraine was asking for. How dare the b*tch ask for such a huge amount? Borrowing her that much


    money? As if she had the ability to pay Deborah back! More importantly, Deborah had no idea where to


    get such a huge sum of money from in such a short amount of time.


    Anger rose in her heart but she dared not show it to Loraine. After all, she had used Loraine many


    times before. If she did not return the favor now, Loraine might turn against her. Loraine held a lot of


    secrets against her. She would be in big trouble if Loraine ever spilled any of them out.


    Deborah did not agree nor disagree. She merely told Loraine that she did not have that much money at


    the moment, so she had to go borrow some from her friends.


    Seeing that Deborah did not reject nor suspect her, Loraine left. Deborah went home angrily. She told


    Lily about what happened, "That old b*tch, she''s so greedy. What is she talking about, opening a


    nightclub? As if she knows how to run one."


    Lily saw Deborah was angry and consoled her repeatedly. However, she was shocked when she asked


    Deborah for the name of the nightclub, "Mom, I''ve been to that nightclub before. Their business really is


    excellent! If she really managed to take over sessfully, she could earn millions in a year."


    "Really?" Deborah herself did not frequent nightclubs so naturally, she had no idea. Upon hearing Lily''s


    words, she started to change her views. The past few years she had Logan to open up stores here and


    there. Business was not bad but they were not doing super well either. If this nightclub was really that


    profitable, why not ask Logan to pitch in some money? That way, everyone could share the profits and


    Loraine would benefit too. Furthermore, they would not have to worry about Tommy borrowing their


    money without returning it.


    At the thought of this, Deborah immediately made a call to Heather and told her that she needed to talk


    to Logan. She asked Heather to tell him to meet her at the beauty salon immediately.


    When they met, Deborah told Logan about the nightclub. Likewise, he too was startled. He had heard


    of the nightclub before as well. Of course, he wanted to take over such a cash cow.


    Logan did not have that much money on hand too, but the nightclub was too tempting. After discussing


    with Deborah, they decided to sell off a few of their stores so that they could use that money in return to


    buy the nightclub.


    While Logan was nning what to do with the stores, Deborah went to look for Loraine. She told


    Loraine that she had not managed to borrow any money, but she knew a friend that did business. That


    friend had money and he also wanted to open a nightclub. Since they both had the same goal,


    Deborah suggested they be business partners to minimize their risks.


    Loraine went back and told Tommy about Deborah''s idea. Tommy agreed and met up with Logan. They


    went over the details and the way to split their earnings. They agreed to pay half of the selling price


    each. After selling the stores, Logan had managed to gather roughly 600 thousand dors. However,


    Tommy still needed an additional 100 thousand dors. In the end, he mortgaged his house to make up


    for the remaining funds. After receiving the money, the owner of the nightclub happily transferred the


    property over to their names.


    After the transfer, they kept all the old employees so they did not need to worry about anything else.


    Tommy and Deborah just sat there and waited for the money toe rolling in.


    As expected, the nightclub''s business boomed. For a week, their profits were sky high. Tommy was


    practically swimming in money until he could lose count of their profits. However, on the eighth day of


    business, something happened.