Just as planned the night before, as soon as their class ended, Dion took Alvin and Brandy with him. Their mission: to get the money, through the method Dion had mentioned at the bar-even though neither Alvin nor Brandy had the slightest idea what that method actually was.

Driving the car, Brandy furrowed his brows in confusion when Dion asked him to stop in front of a house he recognized all too well-Dion's house.

"Why are we here? This is your house, isn't it?" asked Alvin, also looking ...