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Chapter 1193
Naomi parted her lips open and lowered her head. “I… I don’t have their contact numbers.”
Other than Ryleigh, she did not have the contact numbers of her other friends.
Lucy gave her a puzzled look. “What? No way. That’s too nerdy. You need to have your own friends.”
Just when Naomi was about to say something, she suddenly shouted, “Watch out!”
It was already too late by the time Lucy reacted. At the same time as she stomped on the brake, the front
of the car hit a vehicle that was stopped in front of her waiting for a red light.
Lucy forced herself to calm down, and she was slightly stunned. “Oh my gosh, I just rear-ended
someone… Can you see what kind of car it is?”
Lucy did not know what kind of car it was, but judging from the logo, it seemed to her that it was an
expensive car, and she was worried that she couldn’t afford to pay.
Naomi looked at the logo and said, “It’s a Land Rover. Looking at the model, it should be the 3.0 L6
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtseries. It’s worth at least a few hundred thousand dollars.”
“What? A few hundred thousand dollars!?” Lucy nearly passed out when Naomi said that. She would
have lost a few hundred dollars if she had crashed into a car that cost a few thousand dollars, but the
reality was that she had run into a Land Rover that was worth at least a few hundred thousand dollars. If
she had run into a Bentley or Rolls Royce, she could have died on the spot.
The driver of the Land Rover got out of the car. It was a man wearing a black suit.
Lucy was so terrified that she couldn’t come around to her senses yet.
Naomi got out of the car, and it was only then Lucy returned to her senses and unbuckled her seat belt.
The man glanced at his car. The tail light was broken. There were a few scratches and a dent at the rear
of the car. He clicked his tongue and asked, “How do you guys drive?”
“I’m very sorry about that. This is all our fault. We’ll pay for your loss,” Naomi replied.
When Lucy heard what Naomi was talking about, she rushed over and pulled her to the side. Then, she
whispered, “Naomi, how… How much do I have to pay him? Can you tell me first so that I can prepare
myself?”
Naomi glanced at the car and said, “It’s not that much, actually. The maintenance cost for this car in the
automobile sales service shop is about $400 to $600 once. It will probably cost about $500 to $600 to
replace the dented part and repaint it. As for the tail light, it should take about another $200 to $300, and
that’ll bring the whole bill to $1,000 or so. Besides, their car has insurance, and it’s only a small problem.
If he wants us to pay him $2,000, maybe we can ask for a discount and bring it down to $1,000, and the
problem will be solved.”
Lucy took a deep breath and looked at her incredulously, “$1,000? And you called that not much?” The
man had just finished talking on his phone. He ran out of patience and shouted at them, “Hey, have you
guys finished talking? I’m in a hurry. Do you want to handle it ourselves or call the police?”
Naomi turned her head to look at him. “I think we can solve the problem ourselves. How much do you
want us to pay you?”
The man snorted disdainfully. “$15,000. Can you afford it?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLucy was on the verge of crying as she gasped, “$15,000?”
T’ll definitely go bankrupt if I pay him the money!’
Naomi frowned, “15,000? Are you sure about that? It’s going to take only $1,000 to $2,000 to get your
car fixed at the automobile sales service shop. We’re willing to compensate you for reasonable repair
costs, but that doesn’t mean you can take advantage of the opportunity to extort money from us.”
The man laughed in anger. “Oh gosh, are you blind? This is a Land Rover. It’s worth a few hundred
thousand dollars. How can you compare it to that broken car of yours? If you guys don’t agree with my
suggestion, then I’m afraid I’ll have to call the cops.”
“Let’s call the cops then,” Naomi said. This was something the man did not expect. He was stumped and
said, “You guys still need to pay me money even if you call the cops. There’s a possibility that you’re
going to pay even more than I’ve asked.” Lucy was nervous. She looked at Naomi, but Naomi just took
her phone out and called 911. “Hi, is it 911? We’re having a-* Before
she could finish her sentence, the man snatched her phone away and threw it on the ground. This was
the first time Lucy came across something like this, and her face turned pale in fright.
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