THE COST OF BEING RICH
Chapter Twenty
I scoop the little girl up into my arms and
run forward with her. "A child! I have a child! Please, let me go with
her. I’m the only person she has in the world."
In frozen remorse I watch as I am let onto
the lifeboat. Remorse? Businessmen don’t feel remorse. They do what must get
done...whatever it takes.
I hugged the child tighter and said,
"There, there."