“That is actually exactly why I am calling you. I need you to listen to me very calmly. You cannot tell anyone about this, especially not your mother or Heather, because this has to stay strictly between us.” Mother-in-lawgifts
“What are you talking about, Chloe? What happened?”
I dropped my voice into a secretive whisper, as if I were about to place a kingdom in his hands.
“Kyle, I think we have an opportunity to change our lives forever.”
I heard the shift in his breathing, the instant spark of greed catching fire.
“What do you mean?”
“There is a confidential expansion project at my company. They are going to build a massive data center and industrial park in a remote area of southern Idaho that has been stalled for years due to local land disputes. It has not been announced yet, but once the public filing happens, that land will triple in value overnight.”
“Are you absolutely sure about this?”
“I saw the confidential master plan documents before I left. I cannot move any of my own money because the company is performing an internal audit on all senior management after the trip. If I make a personal purchase now, it will look like illegal insider trading. But you could do it for us.”
Kyle became completely quiet, and I could almost hear his mind racing through the numbers.
“How much money would we need to get in on this?”
“A friend of mine from university, a real estate developer named Rachel, owns five prime lots in that sector. She is currently in debt due to a failed project elsewhere and is looking to sell them quickly for six million dollars. If someone buys the land now, in a few weeks they could easily sell it for eighteen million or more.”
“Eighteen million?” he whispered, his voice shaking with open hunger.
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“Yes, but it has to be immediate. If we wait, other investors will catch wind of the rumors.”
“I… I think I could get my hands on some capital,” he said, his voice slipping into something greedy and low. “Maybe three million.”
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