The Debt of a Ghost
EnglishPublished Nov 11, 2026
The Debt of a Ghost is a serial in English. Part 1 is printed here in full; the story continues from Part 2 in the official app.
From Part 2 the story is in the official app — the code is in the bar at the bottom of the page.
The story
Three years after the divorce that gutted his life, Noah runs into his mother at a high-end steakhouse where he clears tables. Bea Stanford, CEO of Stanford Holdings, offers him money and a QR code, then tells him to have his father admit he was wrong so she can bring Noah back. Noah says nothing. She does not know his father has been dead for three years.
When coworkers call Bea a saint who named a scholarship fund after her son, Noah tells them the truth: she played poor, left his father every cent of her debt, and broke Noah's own eardrum to protect another man's reputation. He has not touched a piano since he was fifteen. He is the son she left behind.
The next day Bea returns, claiming her daughter has food poisoning, and Noah reminds her of the night she played them both for fools. He remembers the wedding, the debt, and the father who knelt in the hallway.
Opening
Three years after the divorce that gutted my life, I ran into my mother at a high-end steakhouse downtown.
She was at a corner table, laughing with a young girl who couldn’t have been more than five. When our eyes met, her expression faltered, a flicker of something uncomfortable crossing her perfectly curated face.
Before she left, she pulled an embossed business card from her designer clutch and slid a QR code toward me on her phone screen.
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Questions
- How many parts of The Debt of a Ghost can I read here?
- One. Part 1 is printed here in full, and it is the only Part this site carries.
- Where does The Debt of a Ghost continue after Part 1?
- In the official app. Part 2 onward is not published on this site. Install the app, open it, and enter the code 589145 — it takes you straight to this story instead of the app’s front page.
- What is the code 589145 for?
- It tells the official app which story you were reading here. Copy it from the bar at the bottom of the page and enter it after installing.
KSCR Serials prints only the opening Parts that publishers release as previews, plus basic story details. Complete stories are read in the official app.