Chapter 369

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A look of dread and fear crossed Samantha’s face, but she quickly recovered and held her mother’s hands with a smile.

“Oh, Mom! Just listen to yourself! How could I possibly wreck someone’s family? All those comments online are nothing but nonsense. I would never ruin someone’s family! It’s all Cecilia Young, Rachel’s friend. She’s the one cooking up stories and spreading nasty rumors!”

At that, Mrs. Judd’s face brightened somewhat.

“Listen to me, Samantha. Our family may be poor, but we’d never allow something so immoral to happen under our noses. Do you hear me?”

Samantha, desperate and worried, was in no mood to discuss ethics with her mother.

“I know, Mom. Anyway, do you have money right now?”

“Yes. How much do you need?”

All the money Ms. Judd had came from Samantha herself, who was generous when she had plenty and less so when things were tighter. Aside from medical and usual expenses, Mrs. Judd managed to save most of the money.

Samantha put up all five fingers. “Do you have 500,000 dollars?”

Mrs. Judd was stunned. “500,000 dollars?!”

Samantha’s heart was in her throat. “Do you not have that much?”

“I have at most 200,000. I wouldn’t have that much money! What’s more, your cousin borrowed 200,000 from me for his wedding.”

In Samantha’s absence, Mrs. Judd relied on her relatives and neighbors for help. Now that one of her relatives needed help, she was naturally glad to agree to it.

Samantha’s face fell. “Mom, why didn’t you tell me about that?”

She needed the money desperately to save herself!

“Well… I didn’t know you needed the money so urgently,” Mrs. Judd said anxiously. “What about William? This is probably peanuts to the Lewis family. Why don’t you ask him for help? At worst, we can consider it a loan and return it to him once your cousin pays us back.”

“It’s not as simple as you think,” Samantha said morosely. “Don’t you know my cousin’s financial state better than me?”

Seeing the panic in Samantha’s eyes, Ms. Judd grabbed her hands and asked solemnly, “Samantha, come clean with me. What exactly is going on? Are you in some sort of trouble? Why do you suddenly need so much money?”

Knowing that she couldn’t keep things under wraps any longer, Samantha told her mother the truth.

Having listened to Samantha’s explanation, Mrs. Judd’s face changed. Her knees buckled, almost sending her collapsing on the floor.

“What…what should we do? We don’t have that much money!”

Samantha looked around them. “If nothing works, we’ll just have to sell this house.”

Just then, someone knocked at the door. Samantha walked to the door, and was stunned to see Cecilia.

“Cecilia, what brings you here?” she asked, giving Cecilia her most harmless and innocent smile.

“I’m here to ask for the apartment,” Cecilia demanded, cutting straight to the chase.

Samantha stood stunned for a moment before quickly recovering from her shock.

“Cecilia, you must be joking! You did stay in this apartment before, but it’s not yours.”

Cecilia pulled out the contract she had signed with William a long time ago.

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“Back then, Mr. Lewis signed a contract with me. It states very clearly that I can stay here from three to five years, but I was forced to move out after being here for less than a month. I didn’t count it against you at that time, but what you did after that makes me utterly sick!

“Rachel tolerated you two as best as she could. She refused to expose you for your wicked deeds despite no longer being around. Yet, you two made use of her and sucked her blood dry even at her lowest!”

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