“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.” 

one in debt, not me!” Lila sneered.

unhappily. She clicked her tongue and said, “What‘re you talking about?

troubles? It was obvious that Lila alone had shouldered all the troubles. “I can‘t

felt too ashamed to go to

Our lives are in your hands now, Lila! You have to fix this!”

speechless.

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choice but to come crawling back to the White family.

they gave her three million for the sake of their history. Lila returned home and begrudgingly handed the check to

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

 

so–called debt. Every day, the creditors would come to threaten them, splashing red paint on their door and walls. Eva

this?” Holding 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 us!”

were threatening her with

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