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$200,000 owed to the bank and we should split the balance of

$120,000.

He rationalized the $200,000 the business owed to the bank was

my portion of the buyout and he should walk away with the entire

$120,000. Courtney began to get a taste of crazy Leroy's
unreasonableness. She asked him to give me a break. How did he
expect me to live? I had no money; I was financially ruined. He told

her it was nothing personal, he was handling business. This pushed

Courtney to pull out her boxing gloves; it takes a lot to push Courtney
to anger. I can understand now how people can be pushed to kill. The

thought of this person who I had vowed to love and cherish in front
of God and family, had no feelings or emotions to whether I survived

or not. The audacity that he felt he was now a big businessman
wheeling and dealing with my life. He would have never had any

exposure to the lifestyle my life and the business provided, especially
on the $25,000 salary from the security job and the $5,000 he made

from the lawn service. I could not believe he is trying to control the
money that I had made.

The main thing I had said to Jerome, Tyrone, and Leroy, I would
not fight with them over money and the money and greed became the

only concern for anyone. I understood early on that money did not

make who I was. Money comes and goes, and I had always seen how
money came through when I did not know when or where the money

would come from. I understood God had always covered my back and
I had never had to worry about money for myself, I worried about

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