“You‘re making it look like I owe you money! Now you‘re even asking me to lend you some more?” Lila was completely dumbfounded.

“You‘ve taken all my money. I have nothing left. Go to someone else!” She was telling the truth. She didn‘t have a penny to her name.

“I don‘t believe you!” Jeff shot back. He raised his head and shouted at Eva, who was in her room, “Mom, Lila claims to have no money! She just wants us to be killed by the debt collectors!”

Hearing this, Eva and Glenn rushed out of the room at once.

“You told her?” Eva hissed through gritted teeth. Then, she put on a flattering smile and turned to Lila.

“Could you just lend Jeff some money? We‘re all family anyway, right? You can‘t possibly just watch your brother suffer.”

These people were driving Lila nuts. She shouted hysterically, “But I really have no money!”

Eva paused for a few seconds and then said, “Ask the Whites for some money then. We have to deal with the debt collectors.”

“Why should I help him? He‘s the one in debt, not me!” Lila sneered.

Eva was obviously partial to her son. Eva frowned unhappily. She clicked her tongue and said, “What‘re you talking about? We‘re a family. We share everything, including our troubles.”

They shared troubles? It was obvious that Lila alone had shouldered all the troubles. “I can‘t go to the Whites. I‘ve cut ties with them.

” Lila felt too ashamed to go to her former family.

“If Jeff can‘t pay off his debt, the debt collectors will never leave us alone! Our lives are in your hands now, Lila! You have to fix this!” Eva was done playing nice with Lila.

“You… You—!” Lila was speechless. These people were crazy!

*******

Lila had no choice but to

for the sake of their history. Lila returned home and begrudgingly handed the check to

check and thanked her with a smile. But things didn‘t end there. Not long after Jeff left with the money, he returned home without a penny left. He knelt down in front of Lila

paid off his so–called debt. Every day, the creditors would come to threaten them, splashing red paint on their door and walls. Eva couldn‘t fight them, so she had no choice but to

Holding the gas can, Eva

of us will die here

her with their

the Whites, okay?” Lila was already a little numb from all this lunacy. She had been living with the Gillian family for less than two months and

single time, you would say it‘s the last. What

personal ATM machine?” Livid, Johanna smashed a teacup at her feet and roared,

bit her lip so hard that it bled. She had never seen Johanna so angry before. Clearly, she was sick and tired of her. She ran out of the house crying. Jeff had been waiting for her at the gate of the Whites‘ house. When he saw her come out, he approached her

There is no money! The Whites refused to give

to go back to his old poor life. Seeing that Lila didn‘t get any money,

since it was so easy to control

way to get nude photos of her. We can blackmail her with the lewd photos until she gives us money. What do you think?”

his plans. The anger in Lila‘s eyes dimmed somewhat. She looked around to see if there was anyone else listening and then

that he would have to force her to do what he

was a nightmare to Lila. Every morning she woke up, she‘d pray that Jeff wouldn‘t come asking for money again. Eva and Glenn kept threatening her with suicide every day, which took a toll on her mental health. She was on the verge of breaking down. She didn‘t want to deal

suffering. Her misery and

being the daughter of the White family while she had to endure

time. She just wanted Jeff to target Natalie instead of her. Jeff didn‘t expect that she would be so excited about this. When he got over his initial surprise, he chuckled and

her phone and

anxious, too. She had tried to hurt Natalie several times now. It made sense that Natalie was on guard

Lila kept dialing Natalie‘s number. She didn‘t get through to Natalie until the tenth

you want?”

burst into tears. “Natalie, finally! You answered my call. I just wanted to apologize for everything I’ve done. It wasn‘t until I joined the Gillian family

“Oh,” Natalie said emotionlessly.

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