And he seemed to have grown even greedier than he was twenty years ago.
To prevent him from turning on her, she could only placate him.
So, she softened her tone and said, "Adam, it's not that I don't want to give you money. If you were really strapped for cash, of course I'd help you."
"We had a thing in the past, after all. I still value the connection we had. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to you for that favor over twenty years ago."
"You got a huge payoff that time, too. After all, you've been living it up on that pile of cash for years."
"But you have to be considerate of me, too. My money doesn't grow on trees. You need to be a little more careful with it."
"Jean, now that's the right way to think. Besides, you're Mrs. Grant now. You really care about this little bit of change? Like you said, we had a thing. For old times' sake, I won't make things too difficult for you. But you'd better not let me down."
