PART 2: THE RECKONING AT THE TABLE
I sat in my car in the driveway for five minutes, watching through the floor-to-ceiling windows as the scene inside unfolded.
Evan walked over to the portable terminal to process the payment for the catering team he had hired for the afternoon.
The card declined instantly, lighting up red on the reader.
Thinking it was a system glitch, he pulled out his primary corporate credit card—the one linked directly to my company’s main line.
Declined.
He tried his personal card, then Claire’s card, then the backup emergency card.
Every single one flashed the exact same red error message: ACCOUNT TERMINATED BY PRIMARY HOLDER.
(The reality of their financial collapse is about to hit them hard! Click “Next Page” to continue reading…)
