The reply had come from one of Leila’s friends.

“Alright, alright, girls. Tell you what, I’ll pay for whatever we’re eating tonight! We can spend up to a thousand and five hundred dollars tonight!” said Douglas with a smile.

“But Douglas, why are you the one paying? Gerald’s clearly the one who should be treating us!”

“Well, you may not know this, but I owe Gerald that exact sum of money! If I pay that amount for supper, the IOU will be fully paid off!”

Douglas was thinking to himself th