The Cambridge Bet — Episode 6

wanted to marry him Damien stares at me for several seconds it's almost like he's realizing for the first time that the bird he's kept for ten years might have plans of her own if you don't want to marry me then what do do you want? $250,000. I need it for a one-year foundation program before applying for a

degree. That includes the exams, visa, tuition, and my initial living expenses. The moment he hears a number, he actually relaxes. As long as I'm asking him for money, everything makes sense to him again. But what he doesn't know is that when I was 18, money was exactly what I needed most. That year, I had already completed all my high school cork work, and my teachers had

helped me prepare my recommendation letters. Then one day, I came home from school and three loan chalks sitting in our living room. My mother, Linda, was huddled in the corner of the couch. She had racked up a massive debt through illegal gambling and shady underground