"Well, get up and change your clothes quickly. You can't get used to this state. What if you acted like this in front of your father?" Alma urged.
"Alright, I'll get up right away."
Seeing that she agreed, Natasha quickly got up and went to change her clothes.
She had been living outside with Alma for ten years when she was young, and her friends were all hooligans.
After moving to the Jules family, to ingratiate herself with Marvin, she pretended to be well-educated and sensible.
Alma and Natasha had lunch outside before going shopping in the afternoon.
However, they didn't buy any gowns. Natasha took a fancy to a limited edition dress of Brand S, which cost 170,000 dollars. Of course, Alma wouldn't buy her such expensive clothes for her to only attend the graduation party.
However, since Natasha had seen the high-end ones, she was not willing to buy the cheaper dresses. None of them were willing to surrender, so they decided to go for afternoon tea before going to other shops.
When they arrived at the cafe, they sat down and made their orders. Natasha badgered, "Mom, I can only attend the graduation party once in my life. Besides, there are some people from rich families on my campus. If they take a fancy on me, I can make you proud as well, right?"
"It's 170,000 dollars. How can I have that much money to buy you that dress? And how many times would you wear that dress? You wear it once for the graduation party and perhaps once at the company's annual party. That's all!"
All in all, Alma was not willing to pay such a large amount of money.
The pocket money she got from Marvin for a month was less than enough to buy the dress.
"But... There are so many people at the graduation party. I can't lose face!"
"Why would you lose face? The dress that costs 30,000 dollars that I showed you was great too. Ordinary people can't afford it either. Ask Lucille how much she spends a month?"
Alma's heart ached for the money, but she couldn't say it directly. In a rage, she mentioned Lucille.
She felt that Natasha was well off, but she took it for granted.
"Mom, I am your daughter. How can you compare me to her?" Natasha mumbled.
"You don't want to be compared with her, right? She just divorced Franklin, and now she is together with another rich young man. What about you? What happened after you went to approach Franklin?"
Alma had thought carefully along the way. Marvin was not ignorant. The attitude he showed in front of Zoel proved that the Parker family was not simple for sure.
What about Natasha? She was just a good-for-nothing!
"Then what can I do? It's all your fault that you didn't bear me to be prettier, and you weren't willing to give me money for plastic surgery! Why don't you give me some money? I'll get breast implants. President Moore would fall in love with me by then."
Natasha thought that men all liked big boobs, didn't they?
When Alma and Natasha were arguing, the waiter served the food and whispered, "Excuse me, can you please lower your voice? It will affect the other customers."
"Okay." Only then did Alma realize that they had talked too loudly. She quickly agreed and turned to Natasha, "Shut up! What a shame!"
"Did I shame you? It's all because you don't make enough money that you can't even afford to buy me a dress!"
Natasha was unhappy to hear Alma's words.
"Then go and make money on your own!" Alma retorted.
"Make money on my own? Why should I make money by myself when you are relying on a man? What job should I do to make enough money for my own spending? Those rich people make so much money everyday. I just have to wait for them to give me some money to spend."
"Well, you must also have the ability to do so!"
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