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Chapter 123
“You want to solve the problem? Then hurry up and give us eighty
thousand! They’re demanding one hundred and sixty thousand. Your
granny and I dug into our life savings, and we now have a total of eighty
thousand. Emerson is your mother’s brother, so it’s only fair that she helps
pay for the remaining eighty thousand!” Hermann said in the most
matter–of–factly tone possible.
Alessandra didn’t dare protest even though she had no money.
Roselynn, on the other hand, was on the verge of exploding with anger.
Uncle Emerson is nothing but a sc*mbag who indulges in vices like
drinking, gambling, and fooling around! I wouldn’t even pay one dollar for
him, let alone one hundred and sixty thousand! He got a woman pregnant
at the age of twenty–one and married her as a result. After she gave birth
to Henrietta and Jamison, however, he divorced her with the excuse of her
gaining weight. He never even bothered to look after his kids after the
divorce. All he did was leave them with Granddad and Granny while he
enjoyed his life of vice outside. He even took things to a whole new level by
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇttrying to make a fortune overseas, only to end up failing and getting
himself in trouble with the gangsters over there! Serves him right! A
person like him shouldn’t even be allowed to come back! His mere
presence is going to pollute the environment here!
Although Emmanuel felt the same way about Emerson, he had to take his
mother’s feelings into account as well. “We don’t have any money,
Granddad. I only make eighty thousand a year, and we’re often strapped
for cash. Mom wasn’t working before, but she took up a cleaning job to
help cover some of the expenses. Even then, it still isn’t enough. There
really is nothing we can do to help.”
Anyone with a decent amount of self–respect would have backed off by
then, but Hermann was not one of them.
“I don’t care! He is your brother, Alessandra! You have to give us eighty
thousand, or I will disown you! If you don’t have the money, then get it from
your kids! Roselynn is an adult with no financial commitments, so she
should have no issues paying eighty thousand!”
Hermann had set his sights on Roselynn the moment he walked through
that door.
While Roselynn did save up quite a lot of money when trying to find
Emmanuel a wife, she did not feel like handing it over to them.
Had Emerson not been such a despicable parasite who kept taking from
them, she probably would have reluctantly agreed to pay up.
However, that was clearly not the case here.
“Just think of it as lending us money in our time of need, Roselynn.”
Hermann only came over because he knew Roselynn could afford to pay
them.
He decided to use lending money as an excuse so Roselynn would have
no reason to refuse him.
Roselynn’s face burned bright red with frustration. She knew all too well
that she would surely not get the money back if she lent it to them.
Seeing as Roselynn was struggling to come up with a response,
Emmanuel took over and said, “Lending money, huh? Do you know how it’s
good practice to pay back the money that you owe? Well, you borrowed
thirty thousand from Mom three years ago to pay off Uncle Emerson’s
gambling debts. I don’t think you’ve paid Mom back, Granddad!”
Everyone fell silent after hearing that.
The truth was, Hermann and his family never intended to pay them back
at all.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEven Alessandra didn’t think to ask them for the money, so she was
surprised to hear Emmanuel bring that up.
“Just lend us eighty thousand, and I’ll have Emerson pay it all back later!”
Hermann replied with a nonchalant wave.
Emmanuel and Roselynn exchanged glances when they heard that. They
knew with absolute certainty that it would be near impossible to get that
money back from Emerson.
“Just lend your granddad some money, Roselynn!”
Alessandra couldn’t help but chime in as well. Although Emerson and
Hermann had treated her poorly over the years, she couldn’t bring herself
to be so heartless toward them.
She would never forgive herself if Emerson died because she refused to
help.
Roselynn was on the verge of breaking down in tears at that point. Her job
didn’t pay her all that much, and she was planning to use her meager
savings for her own future.
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Life was short, and she absolutely refused to waste ten years‘ worth of
savings on that sc*mbag uncle of hers.
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