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 dor 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


    trying to make a fortune overseas, only to end up failing and getting


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    himself in trouble with the gangsters over there! Serves him right! A


    person like him shouldn’t even be allowed toe 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 ount 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 financialmitments, 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 toe 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.


    Even 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 backter!”


    Hermann replied with a nonchnt wave.


    Emmanuel and Roselynn exchanged nces 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 nning 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.