Three days passed after Jessica's message demanding five hundred million dollars, and Sean never replied. Not a single word. The message sat there on her screen with its little "delivered" tag mocking her every time she checked, unread receipts that never turned into a response.Jessica sat on the edge of her bed in her parents' house, staring at the silent thread, her thumb hovering uselessly over the keyboard. She had imagined this moment so many times. The wire transfer notification. The lawyer's polite email confirming the settlement. The new apartment in Positano she had already started browsing online, the shopping trips, the life of a woman who never had to worry about money again.None of it was coming."He's not answering." Jessica's voice cracked slightly as she looked up at Zach, who was lounging in the armchair by the window scrolling through his own phone."He'll cave. Give it time." Zach didn't even look up."It's been three days, Zach. Three days and nothing. Not even