“Doesn’t know how to budget!?” Regis was about to bite, to retort but stopped before he made things worse. Sighing heavily, he placed his head in his hands, listening to the words Damian spoke to him. It wasn’t a lie because he had been given a fair amount of time to pay it back, but he had still fallen short. “Look, I can put my house on the market. It will sell and then you will have your money.” 

“It’s not easy to sell a house, it can take time. The market isn’t too great right now.” Evan stated simply as he looked at the liquid in his glass before taking another sip. “It would mean another visit just to shake you down for that money.” 

“Look I know I signed a contract, I agreed to the terms.” Closing his eyes as he thought on what he could do, what would he want other than money? Tapping his fingers against the wood on his desk he looked at the files that were spread across of different things he was meant to be doing with the city. “Simply put. I can’t get you the money today.” The threat didn’t go unnoticed, he felt the fear in him at the comment because he knew he was messing with the wrong people. This whole meeting had been on his mind for the past couple of days because he had no idea on how to pay them back. 

“What do you suggest I do? Give you something of value?” Opening the draw to his desk he pulled out an old looking box, it held a ring inside one that had belonged to her mother. It had been passed down the family, so it held some value, not enough to pay his debt but it was a start. Sighing slightly at the thought he pushed the box over the desk before looking at Damian. “This ring has some value to it, it was meant to go to my daughter but I think this takes priority…” Leaning back in his chair he kept his eyes on Damian, watching his every move as if he was about to suddenly jump at him. “Unless you want her as a form of payment.” Chuckling at the idea it was only ever meant as a joke until he truly thought on it. Could he use her to get away from his debt? Surely if it was considered she could keep him afloat with the debt he owed as well as protection. Could that work maybe? It seemed quite a far-fetched idea. “Joking aside, if you’d prefer payment in other terms than money. I would be willing to offer you my daughter.”

Evan looked up slightly shocked at the idea of using humans as a form of payment of a debt, usually when put into a corner they always coughed up some sort of money, but Regis had not budged. He was either playing a very clever game or a dangerous one at that. Glancing towards Damian he wondered just exactly how he would react to that before he glanced towards Rowan who had accompanied them this time.