Mr. Brown stared at his wife with a dark expression and asked, “Whose grandfather did you go to?”
“Who else? It was Liberty’s grandfather. Her grandmother was in the hospital, so I went there to see them and presented my request. Old Mr. Hunt said he wanted one hundred thousand, but I refused. After some bargaining, I gave him sixty thousand.
“He repeatedly assured me that he would persuade Serenity not to divorce, but Serenity didn’t do so with Liberty. They just took the money and did nothing.”
As soon as Olivia was done explaining, Mr. Brown flung his hand and slapped her on her arm.
“Are you stupid? How could you trust those people in Liberty’s family? Besides, it’s not like you’re not aware of the conflict between Liberty and her family. You should’ve gone to anyone except for them. You’re usually smart, but how could you be so foolish this time?
“Sixty thousand. You actually spent sixty thousand!”
Mr. Brown was so angry at his wife that he was about to faint.
Olivia said aggrievedly, “I just thought that since it’s not easy to talk to Serenity, we could let her family do it for us. Even if they quarrel, it’ll be a family issue. That’s why I went to them. Old Mr. Hunt said that the hospital just happened to urge them to pay his wife’s medical bills which cost fourty thousand. If I give them sixty thousand, they can use the remaining twenty thousand as the cost of persuading Serenity.”
Old Mrs. Hunt’s medical expenses were paid using her own money initially. She later let the children of the family each pay a little, but they had run out of money. Now that they had to fork out another forty thousand and Olivia coincidentally presented herself at their doorstep, Old Mr. Hunt quickly seized the opportunity.
“You’re such a fool. Giving money to that family is the same as flushing it down the drain. There’s no way of getting your money back.”
Chelsea chimed in, “Mom, I told you to find someone to help, not to throw away money.”
However she quietly thought, ‘I didn’t know Mom kept so much money to herself.
‘It seems Hank has been giving our parents a lot of money.
‘The amount of money they spend on my family is probably only a fraction of what Hank gives them.’
“I’m going to Old Mr. Hunt to ask for my money back. They didn’t get the job done, so I won’t stop until I get my money back.”
Olivia said resentfully, “When we settle down after this house fiasco, Chelsea and George, you two come with me to find Old Mr. Hunt to collect my sixty thousand.”
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