Synopsis

Norm felt the familiar knot of anxiety tighten in his chest as he approached the bookie’s den. He’d been promising repayment for months, each delay adding to the pressure. The arrangement had started as a small favor, a quick fix, but it had spiraled into something far more complicated, and now, deeply unsettling. He found the bookie, a man named Silas, seated in a dimly lit room, surrounded by stacks of papers and the scent of stale tobacco. Norm laid out his proposal – a manuscript he’d be