Chapter 182
“Today, I am using my past kindness to ask you for a favor. If you succeed, I will give you a sum
of money and send your family of three abroad…”
At this moment, St. Estella Hospital.
Helena’s phone rang again.
It was the special ringtone she had set for Elara.
Wilfred was sitting on the sofa not far away and glanced at her phone on the dresser.
Every nerve in Helena’s body was stretched taut.
She hurried over, picked up the phone, and frantically hung up.
When she pressed the hang–up button, her trembling fingers missed twice before finally succeeding on the third try.
Wilfred frowned. “Whose call was that? Why are you so scared?”
Helena’s face was still visibly panicked, her smile stiff and unnatural:
“No one…”
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“Just… a scam call. They said they were from the police station, that my ID was used for online loans or something. I almost fell for it twice, so… I got scared.”
Helena had always lived like a frightened bird since she was a child; Wilfred was used to it.
He nodded and didn’t pay it any more attention, continuing to work on his phone.
“Fred, I want to go back to Rose Manor to get some more clothes to change into.”
“Go ahead.”
Helena picked up her bag, kissed Belinda, who was playing on her tablet, and drove away from the hospital.
Elara called again, her voice trembling with fear and tears as she said:
“Daughter, hurry and bring me two million. They’ve smashed up my whole house… They said if I
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don’t pay, they’ll really cut off my hand. For every day I delay, they’ll chop off a finger.”
Two flames of anger flared up in Helena’s eyes.
Let them chop.
It would be better if they just killed her.
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That way, Helena wouldn’t have to live in shame because of such a mother, wouldn’t have to spend every day in fear.
Not hearing Helena speak, Elara knew that the ungrateful girl didn’t want to help her again.
She raised her voice and threatened, “Your life was given to you by your mother. Don’t think you can get rid of me, or I’ll go to Wilfred for money.”
“I gave birth to a beautiful daughter, not for him to sleep with for free. From when you were eight until now, at a thousand a day, he owes me over five million…”
“Ah… ah…”
Helena’s suppressed emotions erupted like a volcano. She glared ahead, eyes wide with rage, and screamed, “Go tell him then! Go right now! He’s waiting for you in the Princess Suite of the Orthopedics Department at St. Estella Hospital! Go on!”
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After Helena finished her hysterical shouting, she gasped for air with her mouth wide open.
Her hands gripping the steering wheel were so tense that the protruding white bones were clearly visible.
Suddenly, there was silence on the other end of the phone.
After a long while, Elara finally stammered.
“This time… I won’t go to Wilfred… Look at you, it’s not like you need that mere two million. What would it hurt to help me out one more time… I’ll try not to bother you again in the future.‘
Elara hung up the phone.
With no more maddening words to listen to, Helena gradually calmed down.
Elara was right–she really didn’t lack that trivial two million.
During those six years abroad, Wilfred had transferred her millions upon millions.
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