Chapter 236


    “Drew, I want to help you,” ire said softly, patting his shoulder.


    Drew suddenly pped himself twice across the face. “It’s all my fault, all my fault...”


    “Don’t say that, Drew. It’s not your fault.” ire grabbed his hand.


    Cam turned from the passenger seat, sighing. “What’s done is done. Crying won’t bring the


    money back. Let’s go home. Have a good meal. Get some sleep, and start fresh tomorrow.”


    Drew nodded, and his shoulders still trembled.


    When they arrived at ire’s doorstep, Grandma came out of the house with an iron basin. Inside it


    were cedar wood, red beans, and cinnabar.


    She lit it with a match, and smoke began to rise from the basin.


    “Drew, step over it,” Grandma said softly.


    Obediently, Drew lifted one foot and gently stepped over the basin.


    Grandma began to mutter, “Step over the fire, ward off the bad luck, start anew, and good fortune


    wille.”


    After Drew entered the house, Grandma gave him a set of new clothes. “Go take a shower,” she


    instructed. “It dispels bad luck.”


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    As Drew went to take his bath, ire gathered the family in the living room, and her expression was


    grave.


    She started to speak, her voice slightly hoarse, “Mom, Riley, as a daughter, as a sister, and as


    Drew’s aunt...”


    She took a deep breath, her eyes rimmed with red, and continued, “I think I’ve done well.”


    Her mother, touched, squeezed ire’s hand and nodded approvingly. “Of course! I know you’re a


    good daughter.”


    ire gave a bitter smile, and her eyes were brimming with tears. “Mom, but I’m not a good


    mother.”


    Cam’s heart clenched. She knew her mother always med herself for not providing aplete


    home, a carefree childhood, a strong support.


    “What do you mean by that!” Grandma suddenly demanded, letting go of ire’s hand with a


    displeased look.


    ire felt a pang of pain, smiling weakly. “If it were me in trouble today, would you sell the old


    house to save me?”


    “Why bring this up now? You’re making a mountain out of a molehill!” her mother said impatiently.


    ire looked at her mother, feeling deste. “You wouldn’t.”


    “ire, talking about this now is pointless! You dide up with $700,000, but remember, Drew


    borrowed it because of you,” Melinda said disdainfully from the side.


    ire coldly looked at them. “You always push the me onto others.”


    Cam couldn’t listen anymore, she stood up and red at Melinda. “Aunt Melinda, how could you


    say that? Didn’t I say Capital Solutions was unreliable? Did you listen? You wouldn’t let Drew quit


    his job. In the end, he was just a tool to satisfy your own vanity!”


    Melinda was enraged by Cam’s words, and her face turned red. “Shut up!” she yelled, pping


    Cam harshly across the face.


    ire immediately stood up, checking Cam’s face with concern. She was utterly disappointed in


    her family.


    “From now on, we’ll go our separate ways...”