Silence filled the lobby.
Then Margaret let out a sharp laugh.
“You’re joking.”
Ryan cleared his throat.
“The remaining balance, including last night’s rooftop dinner and spa charges, is currently six thousand four hundred dollars.”
Nathan’s face darkened.
“You’re humiliating my family over money?”
“Your family humiliated me first,” I replied. “Last night, you all treated me like trash.”
“It was a prank!” Nathan shouted.
“And this,” I said evenly, “is the consequence.”