The Millionaire's Offer (4) : A Freewrite

Plato inclined his body nearer, lowering his voice to a muted volume. "I have a suggestion for you, Ramses. It's not precisely legitimate, but it's an opportunity to alter your life. I'm involved in a profitable undertaking—a potentially profitable one, I could say. And I feel you would have the capacity to be a significant part of it."

Ramses was flabbergasted. His affluent pal was providing him a way to extricate himself from his fiscal problems, but it was accompanied by a hefty cost - entering the realm of the illicit. Ramses had been a model citizen, yet the promise of a more satisfying existence was hard to repudiate.

As Ramses pondered Plato's proposition, he stood at a critical juncture. Facing him was a decision that could ensure either his redemption or his doom. The decision was his alone to make, and whatever outcome it produced would be far-reaching.