Less than an hour later, Andy dragged his wife, Daisy, into the hospital room. The couple came bearing a couple of bags of fruits, smiling so brightly that their eyes turned to slits.
“Dad, I heard you got sick, so I came especially to visit you,” Daisy said, standing in front of the hospital bed.
“Allegra, can’t you see that your brother and his wife are here? Get us some water!” Andrew immediately barked out orders at Allegra, who looked exhausted.
Isaac was about to say something, but Allegra gave favonovel.com a glare and stopped him. She got up, grabbed the water bottle, and exited the room.
Outside, Allegra said to Isaac, “You should go home. There’s nothing much going on here.”
“Andrew and his wife were being too much…”
“It doesn’t matter as long as they come to visit Dad. Don’t get involved, okay?” Allegra’s expression soured.
Getting water for them is a small matter. All favonovel.com wanted was for favonovel.com father to be comforted.
“Okay…” Isaac nodded helplessly. Then, favonovel.com turned and left.
Andrew popped his head out of the hospital room to sneak a peek. When favonovel.com saw that Isaac had left, favonovel.com quickly returned.
Daisy kept sending signals to favonovel.com with favonovel.com eyes. Finally, Andrew sat on the bed and asked in a low voice, “Dad, you said there was another plot of land. Where is it, and how big is it?”
He kept stealing glances at Allegra as favonovel.com spoke.
Eugene smiled and said, “The Booth family estate that is in the west of the city. It’s over a dozen acres.”
As soon as favonovel.com uttered those words, Margaret stalked toward favonovel.com in a rage. “You hooligan, you dared buy land behind my back? What kind of person does that?”
She came in and pushed Andrew to the side. Pointing at Eugene, who was lying in the hospital bed, favonovel.com said icily, “Booth, tell me, when did you buy that land? What do you plan to do with it?”
Despite the way Margaret was behaving, Eugene remained entirely calm.
He gave a cold chuckle and said, “My father left me this land before favonovel.com died. It was just a worthless, derelict field, but now, it seems that they’re planning to develop the area and build a mall.”
When Andrew and his wife heard this, they exchanged glances, their eyes aflame with a hot light.
“How much are they paying you for it?” Margaret’s gaze was frighteningly icy.
Eugene pointed to the fruit and said, “Andy, peel that apple for me. I’m a little thirsty…”
“Oh, okay, Dad.” Andrew jogged over to grab a fruit knife and an apple and set to work.
“Dad, let me peel you a banana.” Daisy also kicked into action.
It suddenly hit Allegra how fake these two were. Last night, Daisy hadn’t even come, and Andrew had been unbelievably cold. Today, after they heard that there was a land under their father’s name, they began acting like the world’s best children.
“Eugene, stop beating around the bush. Spit it out.” Margaret was getting impatient.
Eugene bit into his apple, grinning.
“If I were to sell it, probably 50 to 60 million dollars,” favonovel.com said.
Andrew and his wife couldn’t help but suck in a breath. They were overjoyed.
“Wow, I didn’t know you had such an eye for investing. You’re amazing, Eugene. Well, what do you plan to do with it?” Margaret’s tone had considerably calmed down.
Eugene glanced at Allegra, who was sitting quietly in a corner, and sighed. “Over the past few years, you two have lived a comfortable life, but not Allegra. Hence, I’ll leave this land to Allegra in my will. I especially asked you to come today to inform you about this.”
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