Samuel had just finished his final gulp of soup when Yvonne returned to the room. She blocked him when h e got up and wanted to throw the cup away.
"I'll help you throw it."
Before Samuel could react, Yvonne had already snatched the empty container from his hands.
He noticed her shame-filled expression. He smiled and asked, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"
Yvonne dipped her head. She could not get the two hundred thousand her mother needed from the company. The Sues were her family, but even her grandmother suspected that she had filled her pockets with the company’s profits to buy the Audis, although she would never do such a thing. 1
That was why Yvonne decided that she could only borrow the money from her husband after she made the promise to Lydia.
"You sleep on the bed tonight. I want to sleep on the floor," she said.
Samuel looked at her, a wry smile twisting his lips." Just say whatever you want to say,” he said.
This was the first time throughout the three years of their marriage that Yvonne wanted to talk about money with Samuel. She did not know how to say it. It
was as though a stone had lodged itself in her throat.
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