So Kelvin had no house, no apartment, no family in the state where he leaved near Charles? That's strange. You can't simply run away to another state overnight. All my friends know where I live, where my parents live, what car I drive... It wouldn't be that simple to pack my bags and leave, especially that the house that I live in is more expensive than 100k. It would take weeks to finalize the sale and move and at that time I'd have to be going back and forth between cities.


If he somehow managed to run away and I found out, I'd confront him. First I'd try to call him or contact him somehow and demand at the very least a return of my part of the bet. If he's a scumbag with the win let him be a scumbag, but he stole from me and I'm coming after that. If he wasn't very far from my place I'd visit him once a week and ask for my money. I'd take a few friends with me and hit him up during family dinners, grills, parties. We'd come in like guests, tell everyone that he owes us money and we want to collect, ask the guests how they feel partying with a thief and a liar and so on. Usually people want to settle somehow when you're persistent enough.