Chapter 79: Can an outsider beat the local boss?

The whole lot kneeling at the doorway heard Hazel Richards's words, and her words hit like a thunderclap over open water, sending waves crashing. A moment ago they had been content to watch from the sidelines, waiting for the show-off to crash and burn. Turned out his arrogance came with deep pockets. What did one billion dollars mean? Enough to lift an obscure family into high society. Many families toiled for generations and still might never amass that kind of fortune. Yet this man tossed out...