“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.

ties with them.” Lila

debt, the debt collectors will never leave us alone! Our lives are in your hands now, Lila! You have to fix this!” Eva was

was speechless.

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no choice but to come crawling back to

Beal, they gave her three

begrudgingly handed the check to Jeff.

the check and thanked her with a

didn’t

returned home without a penny left. He knelt down in

he had never paid off

Eva couldn’t fight them, so she had no choice but to force Lila to ask the

the gas can, Eva pulled Jeff and Glenn close to her and said pitifully, “The three of us will die here today, lest you help

her

Whites, okay?” Lila was already

than two months

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you would say it’s the last. What do you take us for? Your personal ATM machine?” Livid, Johanna smashed a teacup

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