Chapter 246: Chaos

Mr. Reed blubbered incoherently, his words lost in a torrent of sobs and pleas for mercy. Hazel’s patience wore thin, and she twisted his hand, drawing another agonized wail from his lips. “Jenny!” he finally gasped, his eyes rolling back in his head. “Someone named Jenny called me, said there was an opportunity I couldn’t refuse.” Hazel’s expression hardened, her jaw clenched in silent fury. With one final, bone-crushing squeeze, she released Mr. Reed’s mangled hand, letting him crumple to the floor in a heap of whimpering misery. The investors cowered in the corners, too terrified to even breathe, lest they draw Hazel's wrath upon themselves. For a split second the room was utterly silent, the other men looking on in stunned disbelief. “Don’t worry, I have to beat a few of you and I will feel better,” Hazel said with a cold smile. Moving with blinding speed, she snatched up her oversized work tote and swung it like a mace, cracking one of the dumbstruck investors directly acr