Take Care of the Five Million, Guys
With a sullen expression, Norman asked, “Helen, didn’t you say that this matter has been resolved? So,
what’s happening now?”
By now, Helen had already figured out that these were all planned by Matthew, but of course, she
wouldn’t let the cat out of the bag. Instead, she sighed in exasperation. “The incident last time almost
cost the life of President Sandel’s daughter. Even though she didn’t mention it back then, she had been
keeping this grudge in her heart the whole time. When you guys went back previously, she didn’t get the
chance to see you, so she had put this matter aside. But you guys showed up here again in the end. As
a person who can’t tolerate any mistakes, she’s here looking for you guys to settle this score!”
“Then… what should we do now?” Norman asked anxiously. “She’s asking for five million. Where are we
supposed to find so much money?”
“I don’t care how, but don’t come to us!” James said. “President Sandel has already made it clear that
it’ll be a billion if we’re the ones paying.”
Knitting her brows tightly, Paula suddenly uttered, “Why is she doing this? Why will it be five million if
we’re paying and a billion if they’re the ones paying? She’s obviously walking all over us! James, did you
guys purposely invite Leanna Sandel here to pick on us?”
Demi snorted. “Cut the crap, Aunt Paula! We don’t know why President Sandel turned up here today. But
remember this, even if she’s picking on you, you don’t have what it takes to fight back. In Eastcliff, just
one word from her and you’ll lose your life. Fortunately, you guys started pleading from the beginning, or
else, nobody can say for sure that you’ll live to see tomorrow!”
“I don’t think she’s that powerful to do anything—” Paula burst out angrily. But before she could finish her
sentence, the man Leanna left behind slapped her across the face.
“Watch your words, or I’ll knock out all of your teeth!” he threatened.
Although furious, Paula didn’t dare to utter another word because Leanna’s dominance was still here
despite her absence.
Then, James roared into laughter. “The situation is clear now! We’ll take care of Chloe’s twenty-five
million. But uh, we can’t pay Jojo’s share of five million. So, all of you have to put your money together
and come up with five million.”
Everyone was stunned, and a woman said, “W-We don’t have that much money. How are we going to
come up with five million?”
Nodding, Norman agreed. “Exactly! We’re poor, and I don’t think we have a million even if we put all our
savings together. There’s no way we can come up with five million.”
“That’s not a problem!” Matthew said with a chuckle. “You still have your houses, don’t you? You should
have enough if you sell your houses. This is a matter of life and death. I’m sure nobody wants to see
Uncle Norman and his entire family dead in this city.”
Chuckling loudly, James added, “He’s right! You can sell your houses, and if all of you sell your houses,
you can come up with around six million. There’s even some leftover to pay for rentals after that. How
fitting! Hahaha!”
Right now, James was really delighted. Earlier, these people kept attacking them nonstop, and it was
finally his turn to fight back, letting out all the frustrations he had suffered.
After a long silence, the eldest in the Freeman Family, Elena Freeman, slammed the table and sprang up
from her seat. “This is none of my business! I’m not going to sell my house because of this. No matter
what, I’m staying out of this issue.”
“Oh my, Aunt Elena,” Demi gasped. “That’s not the way to say things. How could you do this when we’re
a family? This wasn’t your attitude at all when you wanted us to help out Aunt Chloe earlier. So, it’s okay
for our family to fork out the money, but not yours? This doesn’t make any sense!”
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