CHAPTER 50: SWITCHING POSITIONS

It was getting increasingly hard to act nonchalantly with anything that concerned Lauretta, and even Benjamin was a great example of that. The shocking news of the failed deal with an important client from outside the country had left his father hospitalized for almost two weeks, and now, he was back there again because of his son's rudeness. He had gone to pay him a complimentary visit at the hospital when he ran into Benjamin, who had been trying to get ahold of him for over a week already. Their conversation basically consisted of him begging for help and George refusing to offer him one. "But why?! Why can't you just help me out? What kind of friend are you?" He cried out anxiously. George cast a worried glance towards his father's heart monitor before motioning for them to go outside. "it's not that I can't help…it's more like I won't." "Why?!" "Because I don't want to." He shrugged, " It's none of my business so I have no inclination to assist you. You brought this upon your