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chapter hundred and fifty four
Patricia's mother's eyes flashed with anger."Watch me," she snapped. "Just watch me do it. I'm going to do it right in front of you, and there is nothing you can do to stop me. You are going to do exactly what I demand from you, or I will make sure you regret every single decision that led you to this moment."Jeremy said nothing for a few seconds.He simply stood there, holding the two melting ice cream cones in his hands, his face calm, his posture relaxed, as though the threat she had just leveled at him carried no weight at all.Then he tilted his head slightly and said, "Okay. No problem. Do your worst. I really want to see you do your worst. Show me what you can do."His voice was so steady, so unbothered, that it momentarily threw Patricia's mother off balance.She had expected fear.She had expected defensiveness, anger, panic, maybe even an attempt to negotiate or apologize.But instead, he was standing there completely unfazed, looking at her as though she were the one beha
Chapter Hundred and Fifty three
Her mind was no longer clouded by hesitation or doubt.This was the bastard.This was the man who had caused all of this chaos, the man who had refused to cooperate, the man who had held the formula hostage while the governor's mother deteriorated, the man who had apparently played some cruel trick on Patricia that had left her emotionally shattered and insisting she had seen her dead daughter.And now here he was, standing in a children's park, holding ice cream as though he had not a care in the world.Patricia's mother's anger flared hot and immediate, cutting through the lingering fear and exhaustion like a blade.She quickened her pace, her heels clicking sharply against the pavement as she closed the distance between them, and the moment she got close enough, she reached out and tapped him firmly on the shoulder.Jeremy turned slightly, his expression neutral, almost distracted, as though he were merely expecting someone asking for directions.But before he could fully register
Chapter hundred and fifty two
Patricia's mother stood there in the parking lot, her body still trembling from the aftershock of everything that had just happened, her mind still reeling from the impossible sum that had been quoted to her, and for a long, quiet moment, she simply stood frozen in place, staring blankly at nothing while her thoughts churned violently through layers of panic, confusion, and desperate calculation.She needed to find a way out of this.She needed to save herself, yes, but more than that, she needed to save the family from the humiliation, the financial ruin, and the brutal consequences that were now looming over all of them like a storm cloud waiting to break. General Morrison had made it abundantly clear that he was not the kind of man who forgave easily or forgot quickly, and the threat he had left hanging in the air the promise that he would not hesitate to destroy her and every member of her family if she failed to deliver was not the kind of threat Patricia's mother could afford to
Chapter hundred and fifty one
Her husband was silent for a moment, absorbing the information.Then he exhaled sharply.“Three hundred thousand dollars,” he muttered. “That is a lot of money.”“I know,” she said quickly. “But—”“No,” he interrupted, his tone shifting into something more resolute. “No, it's fine. It's fine. That formula is far more important than the money. We need it. We cannot afford to lose this opportunity because of hesitation.”Patricia’s mother closed her eyes briefly, relief and guilt mixing uncomfortably inside her chest.“So,” her husband continued, already moving into practical mode, “should I send the money directly to his account, or should I send it to you first, so you can negotiate with him and make sure we actually get the formula before handing over the payment?”Patricia’s mother answered almost immediately, grasping desperately at the structure this plan offered her.“Send it to me,” she said. “Send it to my account. I’ll make sure I get the formula first before I give him anythi
Chapter hundred and fifty
A sum so enormous it did not even feel real.Before she could gather herself further, her phone, which had landed beside her on the pavement, began to ring again.She flinched at the sound, her nerves already stretched to their limit, and for a brief, irrational second, she assumed it was the same man from JSK Autos calling back, perhaps to apologize for a miscalculation, or worse, to confirm that the price had somehow increased even further.But when she picked it up and glanced at the screen, her breath caught.It was her husband.Her stomach twisted instantly.She had not yet decided what she was going to tell him. She had not yet figured out how to explain the accident, the damaged car, the staggering sum now hanging over their heads. And now here he was, calling exactly when she least felt prepared to speak with him.Still, she had no choice.She steadied her breathing as best as she could and answered the call.Her husband’s voice came through immediately, sharp and urgent, carr
Chapter hundred and forty nine
Patricia’s mother did not hear anything else after that number left the receptionist’s mouth.Two hundred million dollars.Two hundred and fifty million, if she failed to act fast enough.The figures swallowed every other sound in her ears, swallowed the warmth of the afternoon sun, swallowed the ordinary noise of children playing somewhere behind her, swallowed even the sensation of her own body folding downward onto the pavement. For those first few seconds, there was nothing except a terrible, ringing silence inside her skull, as though her mind had simply refused to accept the information being fed into it and had instead chosen to shut down entirely rather than process something so devastating.On the other end of the line, the receptionist’s voice continued, growing increasingly concerned.“Hello?” he said. “Hello? Are you still there, madam? Hello? Can you hear me?”But there was no response.“Madam?” he tried again, his tone shifting from polished professionalism into somethin
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