The day Derek cheated me, I thought I was finally about to get paidfor three years of blood and

The day Derek cheated me, I thought I was finally about to get paid for three years of blood and sleepless nights. Instead, he handed me $10,000. Before I walked into his office, my phone rang. Richard Herman again. Dante, have you thought any more about my offer? I kept my voice polite. Mr Herman, I appreciate it, but I've already told you I'm not leaving APEX Tuning. Richard Herman owned the biggest high end performance repair chain in the state. For months, he'd been trying to poach me. Three years earlier, after I got out of state prison, no one would touch me. I had an aerospace engineering degree and years at a research institute, but none of that mattered once you had a record. I'd gone inside after putting a man in the hospital while protecting my parents from a group of thugs. To employers, all they saw was Excon. Then Derek, my childhood friend called shop was failing. He needed someone to run the technical side, someone he could trust not to steal parts or cash him out. He joked that if I could calculate rocket trajectories, I could tune a Porsche. He also promised me sweat equity. I'd bring the skill, he'd bring the capital and we'd split profits, 70, 30. So I joined him. As I reached the front of the shop,#revengestory #reddit_tiktok #askredditstories #relationship #revengereturns #reddit #drama #revenge #redditstories #redditreadings