At that moment, Fiona was smoothing her clothes. As soon as she was about to enter the club with her husband and daughter, Janet stopped her.
"Since you can afford to have fun in such a high -end club, I'm sure you must have the money to pay me back as well." Janet's loud voice caught everyone's attention.
The smile on Fiona's face dropped in an instant. She quickly strutted toward Janet and said, "What a coincidence, Janet! What are you doing here? What nonsense are you saying? How can a grown daughter still ask her parents formoney?" Janet frowned. She hated Fiona's hypocrisy, so her voice grew a decibel louder.
"Oh, cut the crap and give me my money. What? Are you trying to deny it? If that's the case, I will tell everyone the truth about how this marriage is a hoax."
Bernie and Fiona attached great importance to their reputation. The truth would tear their facade and reveal their true faces. It would be a huge blow on their image.
"All right, Janet. That's enough. Let's stop arguing. Some people have returned the money they owed us. How about I give you one hundred thousand first?" Bernie looked around and saw the people watching him. He wanted to deal with Janet as soon as possible and return to his business.
He took out a bank card from his pocket and placed it on Janet's palm. "There is one hundred thousand in this card. I'll send the pin number to you later."
Janet silently took the card. Bernie was better than Fiona. He was at least an honest man.
Ever since Janet was a child, her adoptive father had been neutral toward her. He neither cared for her nor tortured her in any way. He didn't hate Janet as much as Fiona and Jocelyn did. But he was too weak that he listened to the two women's every word, and never bothered to stop them when they bullied Janet.
Janet looked at the card and nodded. "Okay."
"Well, you better leave now. I will give you the rest of the money soon." Bernie smiled apologetically.
The one hundred thousand was more than all the money they had given Janet before. Janet looked at Fiona and saw that she was appalled by what her husband had done. She sensed that getting more money today was impossible, so she finally left.
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