Love at the Wrong Table - Season 2 Episode 23

“You want to solve the problem? Then hurry up and give us eighty

thousand! They’re demanding one hundred and sixty thousand. Your

granny and I dug into our life savings, and we now have a total of eighty

thousand. Emerson is your mother’s brother, so it’s only fair that she helps

pay for the remaining eighty thousand!” Hermann said in the most

matter–of–factly tone possible.

Alessandra didn’t dare protest even though she had no money.

Roselynn, on the other hand, was on the verge of exploding with anger.

Uncle Emerson is nothing but a sc*mbag who indulges in vices like

drinking, gambling, and fooling around! I wouldn’t even pay one dollar for

him, let alone one hundred and sixty thousand! He got a woman pregnant

at the age of twenty–one and married her as a result. After she gave birth

to Henrietta and Jamison, however, he divorced her with the excuse of her

gaining weight. He never even bothered to look after his kids after the

divorce. All he did was leave them with Granddad and Granny while he

enjoyed his life of vice outside. He even took things to a whole new level by

trying to make a fortune overseas, only to end up failing and getting

himself in trouble with the gangsters over there! Serves him right! A

person like him shouldn’t even be allowed to come back! His mere

presence is going to pollute the environment here!

Although Emmanuel felt the same way about Emerson, he had to take his

mother’s feelings into account as well. “We don’t have any money,

Granddad. I only make eighty thousand a year, and we’re often strapped

for cash. Mom wasn’t working before, but she took up a cleaning job to

help cover some of the expenses. Even then, it still isn’t enough. There

really is nothing we can do to help.”

Anyone with a decent amount of self–respect would have backed off by

then, but Hermann was not one of them.

“I don’t care! He is your brother, Alessandra! You have to give us eighty

thousand, or I will disown you! If you don’t have the money, then get it from

your kids! Roselynn is an adult with no financial commitments, so she

should have no issues paying eighty thousand!”

Hermann had set his sights on Roselynn the moment he walked through

that door.

While Roselynn did save up quite a lot of money when trying to find

Emmanuel a wife, she did not feel like handing it over to them.

Had Emerson not been such a despicable parasite who kept taking from

them, she probably would have reluctantly agreed to pay up.

However, that was clearly not the case here.

“Just think of it as lending us money in our time of need, Roselynn.”

Hermann only came over because he knew Roselynn could afford to pay

them.

He decided to use lending money as an excuse so Roselynn would have

no reason to refuse him.

Roselynn’s face burned bright red with frustration. She knew all too well

that she would surely not get the money back if she lent it to them.

Seeing as Roselynn was struggling to come up with a response,

Emmanuel took over and said, “Lending money, huh? Do you know how it’s

good practice to pay back the money that you owe? Well, you borrowed

thirty thousand from Mom three years ago to pay off Uncle Emerson’s

gambling debts. I don’t think you’ve paid Mom back, Granddad!”

Everyone fell silent after hearing that.

The truth was, Hermann and his family never intended to pay them back

at all.

Even Alessandra didn’t think to ask them for the money, so she was

surprised to hear Emmanuel bring that up.

“Just lend us eighty thousand, and I’ll have Emerson pay it all back later!”

Hermann replied with a nonchalant wave.

Emmanuel and Roselynn exchanged glances when they heard that. They

knew with absolute certainty that it would be near impossible to get that

money back from Emerson.

“Just lend your granddad some money, Roselynn!”

Alessandra couldn’t help but chime in as well. Although Emerson and

Hermann had treated her poorly over the years, she couldn’t bring herself

to be so heartless toward them.

She would never forgive herself if Emerson died because she refused to

help.

Roselynn was on the verge of breaking down in tears at that point. Her job

didn’t pay her all that much, and she was planning to use her meager

savings for her own future.

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Life was short, and she absolutely refused to waste ten years‘ worth of

savings on that sc*mbag uncle of hers.