They Demanded $20,000 At 1 A.M.—So I Told Them To Call Her

natural lives. A clause confirming I owed them nothing, now or ever. And a liquidated damages clause: breach meant they owed me $100,000 on demand.

Sarah whistled low. “You don’t mess around.”

“I don’t want them arrested,” I said. “I just want them gone. But I want leverage in case they forget how to read.”

“What’s the five thousand for?”

“Severance. Enough continue reading …