LIFE AFTER PRISON - Season 3 Episode 22

“Thanks, Uncle Clement!”

Severin smiled, clinked glasses with Clement, and drank the wine. However, he knew very well that any one of Gaston, Clement, or Vincent were much richer than him. The richest of all, Gaston, had a net worth of several million and even established a small company, but he still did not lend Severin’s family a single dime when they needed it most.

They could all keep dreaming if they wanted to borrow any money from Severin.

By contrast, even the poor aunt Marie was able to fork out eight thousand dollars to lend to his family and help them constantly. Severin would remember that kindness forever and repay them for sure.

His other aunt, Edwina, was poor too and stayed in a rented house. Her son graduated not two years ago and had to borrow money to go to college. Maurice and Judith were aware of Edwina’s financial condition, so they decided not to borrow money for them during the past few years.

Although Vincent was upset at not getting any money, he regretted it more than anything. His sister had asked to borrow a few hundred just a year ago, and though he had several thousand dollars in hand at the time, he ridiculed her and said that she should not have married a loser like Maurice. In hindsight, it might not be that difficult to borrow several hundred thousand from Severin had he just lent the money to Judith at the time.

Gaston was also feeling a little dejected too. He had his eye on a rather promising project in recent times but unfortunately did not have enough money. The situation with Vincent made it quite clear that he probably had no hope of borrowing any money from Severin, and deep down, he also regretted not lending any money to Maurice.

At that moment, Judith’s cell phone rang suddenly and it turned out to be a call from her sister Edwina. Edwina was already at the hotel lobby, but she did not know which VIP room to go to. Judith then excused herself and went out to bring Edwina’s family up.

“Can we get some more plates and cutlery, please?” Severin asked the waiter.

As soon as Edwina sat down, she was completely dumbfounded as she stared at the medley of delicious dishes on the table. There was king crab, lobster, and many other exquisite delicacies. She said somewhat awkwardly, “Isn’t all this food expensive, Judith?”

“Don’t worry about that. Just eat up!” Judith smiled. “Didn’t you say that you were meeting your son’s prospective partner and didn’t have any time to come for lunch?”

Edwina had an embarrassed expression and turned to look at her husband, Finn Scheffler. Finn could only sigh and say, “Things didn’t work out. She’s a good girl though. Both Edwina and I are very fond of her. Our boy Evan has been dating her for two years, but the girl’s parents said that we need to prepare a thirty-thousand-dollar dowry, and a home for them to move in after marriage. If those conditions aren’t met, they won’t even consider it!” After finishing speaking, Finn glanced dejectedly at his son Evan and said, “It’s all my fault, Evan. The reason you can’t be with the girl you like is because I’m an incompetent father!” “Don’t say that, Dad! It’s already difficult enough for you to raise and support me through

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college. Thirty thousand is a big amount, and we even have to buy a house. Let’s talk about this some other time. I don’t blame you at all. The main reason this couldn’t work out was because I’m the incompetent one! It’s not your fault at all!” Evan sighed.

Severin could see that Evan really loved the girl, but unfortunately, there was no way that a college student who had just graduated not long ago had the means to buy a house and fork out that dowry.

As Severin thought about that, he could not help but ask, “What do you think of that girl, Evan?”

Evan smiled. “She’s a good person. She even helped us to persuade her parents by saying that we can work toward getting a house together, and that a thirty-thousand-dollar dowry is more than enough. But her parents were very insistent, saying that a young person must have a house in this day and age because they don’t want their daughter to suffer after getting married!”

After hearing that, Severin nodded. “If that’s the case, then how about I give you two hundred thousand dollars. That should cover the cost of a house and the dowry. Will that be enough?”