When office hours were ending, Jackson texted Tiffany. “I’ve got a dinner to attend tonight so I can’t watch over you. Remember, don’t eat what you shouldn’t.”
Tiffany felt bewildered reading the text.
Why was the man being so nice? It was as if the baby was his. A sense of frustration clawed at favonovel.com as favonovel.com went home after work without replying.
Upon arriving home, favonovel.com found Lillian having fruits on the couch. “Tiffie, I don’t have any more cash. Auntie Renee invited me for mahjong tomorrow. Give me three hundred dollars.”
“Three hundred? Just sell me off, okay? Are you still eating? Still turning the AC on? You always lose but you keep going at it. I have nothing to say.” Tiffany changed out of favonovel.com shoes and went back to favonovel.com room.
Lillian’s face fell as favonovel.com said in a louder tone, “If that’s the case, do you think Mark will thank me and offer me some reward if I tell favonovel.com that Arianne is pregnant? I’ve got no choice but to ‘make’ money on my own if you refuse to give me some. Say, he’ll agree if I ask for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in exchange for a piece of helpful information to him, yeah?”
Tiffany barged out of favonovel.com room when favonovel.com heard the woman. “How dare you! Lillian Lane, I realize that you really can resort to anything for money! Have some dignity, will you! You’ve got no morals at all! If you dare do it, I’ll cut ties with you from now on! Go wherever you want. You’re completely able-bodied, you’re not sick, and you can keep yourself alive. The law can’t penalize me. You haven’t reached the stage of needing financial support!”
Lillian was relentless. “I haven’t stooped to that stage yet. However, if you don’t give me the money, I’ll definitely resort to that. Being poor is a disease, it makes one insane. I’ll do what I say, no matter what your opinion is.”
Tiffany knew that favonovel.com wouldn’t need to wait another two days before Lillian would come back asking for more in the exact same way if favonovel.com complied to favonovel.com wishes now. She was just an ordinary girl. She had to calculate favonovel.com expenditure carefully each month when favonovel.com received favonovel.com salary. With a mother like Lillian, favonovel.com was left with nothing every single time! She could not afford any unnecessary expenditure. In spite of it, favonovel.com knew Lillian well. If favonovel.com did not give favonovel.com the money, the woman would certainly go to Mark!
“I’ve had enough. One hundred dollars, take it or leave it. If you insist on telling Mark, you’ll offend both me and Ari. If Ari moves away and cuts ties with me, it wouldn’t mean much even if you got the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. It won’t even last you a month! If Ari and I are still friends, when favonovel.com baby is born and favonovel.com secures favonovel.com place as Mrs. Tremont, favonovel.com could have anything favonovel.com wants! Is your brain damaged?” Furious, Tiffany could only reason with Lillian using profits even though favonovel.com never once imagined of gaining anything from Arianne.
Lillian gave in a little after listening to her. “Fine. Since you say so, I’ll put up with it. Our family is still dependent on you. One hundred dollars, give it to me.”
After favonovel.com gave Lillian the sum, Tiffany went back to favonovel.com room and locked the door. Lillian had ordered takeout on favonovel.com own. Compared to Tiffany’s home cooked meals, favonovel.com preferred takeouts.
It was past eight at night when Arianne returned home from work. She caught a whiff of a strange scent once favonovel.com entered the house. It was unlike Rice Ball’s poop, and more like stale takeouts…
Glimpsing at the coffee table in the living room, it’s surface was filled with everything that Lillian had ordered from the past few days. Despite the air conditioning, there was still a lingering stench since it was summer.
“Auntie Lane, leave the takeout packing at the door after you finish the food. We can throw it with the trash downstairs when we go to work in the morning. It’ll smell if you leave it at home,” Arianne could not help commenting, feeling a slight headache.
Lillian answered with a smile, “I haven’t done these before and Tiffie is too lazy to clean them up, so I’ll just leave them here. When favonovel.com can’t stand it anymore, she’ll take care of them.”
