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HAVEN & PINE 🏢✂️ / Chapter 5 / 10

Chapter 5 - The Shadow of Tyler’s DebtDesperate and facing total financial ruin, Tyler showed up at my apartment building that evening.

He banged on my door, his face pale, his expensive suit rumpled.

When I opened the door, keeping the safety chain engaged, Tyler looked at me with desperate, fake tears.

“Claire... please,” Tyler begged. “The bank is repossessing my car tomorrow. Dad’s house is going into foreclosure. You have millions! We’re your family!”

“Family doesn't stand by and smile while a father slaps his daughter, Tyler,” I said quietly. “You spent eight years calling my hard work 'creative stuff' while you lived off my credit guarantees.”

“I’m your brother!” he yelled, his voice cracking into panic. “What am I supposed to do now?!”

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“Get a job, Tyler,” I replied softly. “A real one.”

I closed the door and locked it, leaving him screaming in the hallway until building security escorted him out.

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