The answers Chad had given so far only confirmed what Max already suspected.
But even so, hearing it out loud, hearing the words from Chad's own mouth, hearing the bitterness, the desperation behind them, it felt different.
This time, the truth wasn't just something Max had guessed. This time, it was real.
He couldn't help but wonder, if Chad's plan had gone the way he wanted… would it have even worked?
Because the Max he was trying to trick? The Max he'd seen in that video? That Max had already made a choice. He had chosen to fight back. To stand on his own two feet.
To not let Chad, or anyone else, control him.
In the end, Chad's scheme was doomed from the start. And honestly, Chad had never been the sharpest mind to begin with. If he were, he wouldn't have lost all his money, not just to the Black Hounds, but to the fake friends and vultures that had circled him the second he started spending.
But now, Chad was all Max had left.
