Chapter 8: Asking For Money. The taxi stopped outside the Lind family's villa. Janet hurried out and rang the doorbell. Now that she had married Ethan as promised, she decided to ask her adoptive parents for money. After all, she did all this only to pay Hannah's medical expenses. Fiona was sitting on the sofa, sipping a cup of coffee. She looked. up at Janet and smiled faintly. "How are you getting along with Ethan? You just got married yesterday. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at your. house? Did something happen? Tell me now. She didn't utter a word about the money as if they had never made a deal. Janet looked at her sternly. "I'm here to get the money. You promised me that you would give me the money as soon as I married Ethan. Fiona placed the coffee cup on the table and smiled gently. She didn't plan on giving Janet the money. It was just a tactic to persuade Janet. It had only been an oral agreement. And Janet and Ethan were married now. Janet wouldn't be able to do anything even if they went back on their word. "Don't be anxious, Janet. I'll give you the money. I'm sure you are aware of our family situation. Your dad has invested in a new. business recently. But it turned out to be a shell company. The owner of the company ran away with the money and his mistress,. leaving all the problems and burden on your dad's shoulders. Doing business isn't easy. Look, your dad's hair is already grey. Our

family has been going through a hard time. We are having trouble with the cash flow and can't afford such a large sum of money. for the time being. Janet, please try to understand. Fiona held Janet's hand, trying to look pitiful. Janet's body trembled with rage. Fiona was pure evil. Even a small piece of jewelry she posse ssed was worth more than Hannah's medica l expenses. She was lying about not being . able to aff ord the pro mised money. Berni e fro wned. Fiona had gone too f ar this time, and he felt sorry for Janet. “Actually, it's n o big deal. We can still afford. "What did you say, Bernie? Don't we hav e to make ends meet? Jocelyn is going t o study abroad soon. Don't we need money? . The money we have now is my savings over the years after cutting down my expenses. Have you forgotten what I've done for our . family? But you don't care abo ut us, do you?” . Wiping her fake t ears, Fiona glare d at her husband. Bernie was rendered sp eechless. He didn't dare to utter another word. "You promised me that y ou would give me the mon ey as soon as possible. Janet was unhapp y, but she could n't do anything. After all, it had only been a verba l agreement. She couldn't demand the money if they really refused to Pay. Wiping her eyes, Fio na smiled. “All right. All right. Dad and Mom will give yo u the money as soon as we get it. I still have a few thousand dollars. 1'll give that to you

fi rs t. She trie d stalli ng Janet. After all, once the old maid died, Janet would have no r eason to ask them for money. ‘How could a few thousand dollars be en ough?’ Biting her lower lip, Janet was about to say something. However, Jocelyn . inter rupte d her. She descended the st airs and shot a disg usted look at Janet. "Why are you back? And why isn't your hu sband with you? Does he loathe you?" Joc elyn's lip curled up into a smirk as she . walked toward Janet. "I married him on your behalf. You have su ch a bad reputation. If he loathes his wif e, it means he loathes you," Janet snapped . co ld ly. Jocelyn alway s thought high ly of herself. Hearing the hu miliation, she grew furious. Jocelyn picked up the glass of w ater and poured it on Janet, who was sitting calmly on the sofa. Janet skillfully dodged the attack. She had expected Jocel yn to do something like that. When they were children, Jo celyn liked beating people up when she was mad at them. "Get out! This is my home!" . Jocelyn bark ed, pointing at the door. Janet's ca lmness infu riated her. "I wouldn't have come h ere if you didn't owe m e money,” Janet sneered. Seeing that her own daughter was bullied, Fiona lost her cool. How could you talk to your family like this? I don't have a daughter like you. “Ge t o ut!" . Janet's heart sank with di sappointment. Arguing with them was p ointless, so she deject edly stood up to leave. The moment she opened the door, she saw Ethan stan ding outside in a jacket. Behind him stood a man, g asping for breath, holding several bags in his hand