Cindy snapped with righteous indignation right then, "We did it to straighten out Frank! It's his fault for always strutting around us! He should take the loss since he likes to show off so much!"

"That's enough," Frank said quietly as he took his phone back from Helen, concerned that she would get a stroke. "Gina, I will ask you again-believe me and take the land, and you'll earn more than ten times what it cost you. If you don't do it now, you don't get to make a scene and demand I sell it back to you later."

Gina snapped hostilely right then, "What's that supposed to mean? Do I look like some fishwife to you?" "Exactly," Helen said, folding her arms before her chest as she was utterly disappointed in her own mother. Gina paused for a moment, clearly furious.

"Helen Lane!" she snarled, burning bridges right then. "You've really done it now... All I've ever done was for your sake, and I was so worried you'd choose a poor husband... but you never cared for your own mother at all, siding with Frank every time! I regret giving birth to you-if only I knew this would happen!"

However, Helen was just furious. "Both you and Cindy would be dead if not Frank, you hear me?! Those Talnamese would have killed you already! Frank is the one who's really helping the family, even going as far as to let you make easy money! Forget not accepting his kindness-you would spit in his face instead?! You certainly weren't so high-and-mighty when you were begging Frank to bail you out!"

me?! Hah! All daughters really are money wasted!" Gina

Frank snapped just then, stopping the argument since this was not

function, he said calmly, "Gina, what I'm telling you is fact. That land's value

are, making friends with them? And you'd just get some paid actor to con me if I ask

smiled. "I guess you're not going to believe me, Gina. But I will still ask one last time-do you want that plot

me into buying that land, and I would never have done it if not for him! You're the sucker

you think there's someone more stupid than you in existence,

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