Chapter 61 Life Hanging by a Thread
Ge Boyut
When Darlene heard Gustave’s voice, the anger on her face froze and turned into an
embarrassment.
Seeing that she was silent, Gustave continued, “I just landed in Lancaster and didn’t see you. I asked Aleena and
asked for your new number. What happened? Avery found you so
quickly?”
Darlene also felt puzzled. “I went to the mall that night and happened to meet him and
the police.”
Gustave half-jokingly said, “What a pity! I took the risk of committing a crime and got
a fake corpse to get you away.”
Darlene felt sorry for Darlene. “Mr. Walpole, don’t worry. I was the one who wanted to
leave. Just push the blame on me for the corpse. You have already helped me a lot. I
won’t involve you.”
Gustave laughed softly. “Is that so? Then I am relieved. The comic you mentioned just
now is a little familiar. Three years ago, I even took a fancy to a comic with the same
name. I directly spent 1.7 million dollars to buy it, but I couldn’t get it.”
Darlene was skeptical and felt that the price was a little coincidental. “It’s also called,
‘Star and You’?”
“Yes, I remember this name. The name of the female lead is quite a coincidence. It
seems to have the same surname as your friend.” Gustave thought about it for a
moment. His memory was not bad and he still had an impression.
Darlene’s heart beat faster. “Is it Ethan Bisley and Angela Spence? They are both
orphans.”
Gustave did not hesitate this time. “Ah, yes.”
His first impression of this comic was good. One of the reasons was because of the
setting of orphans and orphanages.
On Gustave, Darlene’s excited voice could be heard. “So three years ago, the one who
was willing to spend so much money to buy my copyright was you, Mr. Walpole. You have such good taste. It’s just a
pity.”
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Unfortunately, she made the wrong choice and gave something good to a person who
didn’t deserve it.
Gustave was amused by her words. “Good taste? You’re praising yourself more.”
Darlene still found it hard to believe. “Was it really you? Mr. Walpole, you’re not joking
with me, are you?”
After all, the Gallard Group had already released the news of the film “Star and You”. It was completely possible for
Gustave to know this information.
Gustave replied, “What? I look very uncultured. I don’t look like someone who would
buy such artistic things.”
Darlene’s first reaction was actually to think that Gustave didn’t seem like he would buy
these things.
But she still explained with a forced smile, “That’s not what I meant.”
Gustave smiled. “You misunderstood. I am indeed uncultured. I do not appreciate these things. I only care about
money. But I will still look at the market. That comic caters to the current film market. After adoption, it may go
viral.”
He remembered what Darlene had said just now. “So now, the copyright of your comic
has already been sold to Avery.”
Darlene felt a bit pained after thinking about it. “I didn’t sell it. I signed the contract three years ago and gave the
copyright directly to the Gallard Group. Now it is ruined.”
Gustave was stunned for a moment. “Send it? I thought you thought 1.7 million dollars was too little, but it turned
out that you gave it away.”
Darlene sighed repeatedly. “I regret it so much.”
Gustave was silent for a long time. “Have you given the copyright to the movie and TV series? If not, I can make do
with it. I can buy the copyright for a TV drama alone.”
This method was not bad. Darlene felt that she saw the hope again and immediately got up to look for the contract.
After searching for a long time, she finally got it. When she flipped to the “movie copyrights” written on the
contract, she felt that the dark sky seemed to have brightened again.
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At first, she thought that the comic was short and that it would be a little delayed if it was changed to a TV drama. It
was not suitable, so the contract only mentioned movie
copyright.
It was a blessing in misfortune. She took the contract and immediately responded, “I have not signed the copyright
for the TV series. If Mr. Walpole is really willing to accept it, if you can let me participate in the selection and
production, I don’t need your
money.”
Gustave played along with her words and joked, “I don’t want it for free. Or maybe
you’ll regret it once again.
“I will still give you 1.7 million dollars for the copyright. As for your choosing and filming, letting you be a director
and screenwriter, there’s extra money.”
Darlene made a compromise. “How about this? I will invest all my money into the drama series. If we earn, I get my
dividend. If not, you can lose less.”
Gustave did not say much. “Okay, don’t worry. You won’t lose out. I still have something to do in Lancaster. I will
probably go back to Baltimore tonight and contact you to discuss the contract.”
Darlene agreed repeatedly, and his mood also improved. “Okay.”
When she was happy, she forgot about her current situation. She only remembered when she hung up the phone
that she was now locked up by Avery.
Not to mention signing the contract, she could not even get out of this bedroom.
When she thought about how she had escaped from the balcony previously, she immediately went over to open the
door and walk to the balcony.
However, the balcony was already surrounded by a tight protective net. Avery had
decided to lock her up.
Darlene returned to the bedroom. It was only when she sat down from morning until
dusk that Avery called again.
She could not tell the long string of numbers and was worried that it was Gustave, so
she answered the call.
Avery’s voice came from Gustave, “Do you know your mistake? Have you written the
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Darlene wanted to curse, but she still felt that it was too disgusting to waste words with someone like Avery, so he
directly hung up the phone.
Avery had just received the medical report from the hospital. It was clearly written that Darlene only had ordinary
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmheart disease, and it was not very serious, let alone that she was going to die.
When Avery got the report, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that Darlene really had a terminal
illness, which scared him terribly.
In the end, it was really a false alarm. Since she was not seriously ill, it was naturally fine to lock her up and starve
for a day.
Thinking of this, he looked at the call that Darlene had hung up and replied with a
message, “I have a dinner party tonight, so I might not be coming back. When you finish writing the script, you can
reply to my message. I will let you go out again.”
Seth was right. He should occasionally give Darlene a cold shoulder to let her know his
importance.
There was no response from Darlene. Avery was not too worried. He sent a message and went straight to Twilight
Paradise, drinking with a few bosses.
The room was noisy. The phone rang several times, but he did not hear it. When he was half drunk, he felt a pain in
his heart for some reason. The bad feeling came very
suddenly.
In Southwood Villa, Darlene held her last breath and called Avery several times.
She had a heart attack and searched for a long time but could not find the medicine. Only then did she remember
that the medicine was still in Scenery Villa.
Gustave was probably on the flight back to Baltimore and his phone was turned off.
Darlene did not have too many phone numbers on her phone. The only two numbers
were Gustave’s and Avery’s.
The only choice she had left was Avery. She called him over and over again, but no one picked up.
There were footsteps coming from outside the door. Mary had returned.
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Darlene’s face was pale, and a large pool of blood had already been vomited out on the ground.
In the late stage of heart failure, one could die in less than ten minutes when the illness
started.
She crawled to the door with all her might, raised her hand to knock on the door, and her voice was almost unable
to come out. “Help… Help.”
Mary stood outside the door for a while. When she heard Darlene’s plea for help from
inside, the corners of her lips curled up into a smile. She directly turned around and left
Southwood Villa as if she did not know anything.
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