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Chapter 486
Emily’s face turned pale with anger “How could she do this? Who does she think she is, deciding my
fate?”
Estelle and the rest of the group turned their attention towards her.
Gina spoke up, sounding guilty. It’s your sister in law who’s at fault. Your brother even fought with her,
urging her to give back the money to the Frey family. But she admitte to spending it and refused to
return it! She also threatened to end her relationship with your brother if you don’t drop the charges. I
had no other option but to call you!” Gina’s voice choked. “Emily, can you just let this go? Consider it as
me begging you! I’ll make your sister–in–law give you 20,000 dollars as compensation for the wrongs
you’ve suffered, and you can ask Mr. James to call off the lawyer. We won’t pursue this anymore!”
Emily stood there, utterly at a loss, her heart aching She didn’t know what to say anymore.
Today was her birthday, and her mother and brother had both forgotten. They called her, asking her to
let go of the person who had hurt her for the sake of 300,000 dollars and Crystal
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe didn’t know when it started probably when their old house was sold her home was gone, and her
mother and brother had changed.
“Emily, I know you’ve been wronged I have 10,000 dollars here. If you’re willing to let Mr. James’s
lawyer drop the case, I’ll give you the money as compensation,” Gina continued to persuade over the
phone.
Tears welled up in Emily’s eyes as she sobbed, “Mom, Charlie is trying to seek justice for me. Do you
understand?”
“I do, and I am grateful for Mr. James in my heart But I’ve heard that Mr James is involved in causing
this incident. He’s doing it for both you and himself,” Gina replied softly ‘Besides, we’ve already
received compensation, so let’s just leave it at that”
Emily’s voice turned cold as she responded. ‘Compensation? I’m the one who was hurt, yet Crystal
gets the compensation? How does that make any sense?”
Gina pleaded, “Emily, she’s your sister in law and part of our family Can’t you let it go? Emily, you’ve
always been the sensible one!”
Emily took a deep breath, her eyes brimming with tears. “Mom, just because I’m sensible, does that
mean I have to keep enduring the pain?”
“Emily, do you really have to be at odds with your brother and sister–in–law?”
Emily replied “Yes! I won’t care about their past matters, but for this matter, I must! Let Crystal return
the money to the Frey family. Her receiving money from them, being threatened by them, are her own
issues! She has no right to call the shots for me I won’t withdraw the lawsuit, and I will definitely make
Nora and the others go to jail!”
After saying this, she hung up the phone, and her tears streamed down at the same time.
The room fell silent, neither Estelle nor Charlie spoke. In the end, the only comforting thing was that
Emily didn’t give in and didn’t agree to drop the lawsuit.
Emily’s phone rang again, with her mother calling. She declined the call and switched off her phone.
Charlie thought for a moment and said. “The video recorded by the Frey family can only threaten
Crystal and won’t have any impact on the case. Instead, we can sue them for extorting and threatening
the victim’s family‘
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Emily felt ashamed and disappointed, not daring to look at Charlie. She just nodded tearfully. “I know, I
won’t compromise!”
The noodles had gone cold, but Charlie asked the waiter to bring fresh ones. However, Emily insisted
on eating the cold ones.
The once lively birthday gathering lost its mood because of a single phone call.
After finishing dinner, Charlie took a phone call and seemed to have something to attend to.
Emily immediately said, “Charlie, you go ahead. I’ll take a cab home myself”
Estelle said, “We’ll take you back!”
Charlie nodded and said to Jonathan, “Then please give Emily a ride.”
After saying this, he walked to his car, took a big box from the trunk and handed it to Emily, “Your
birthday present!”
Emily saw that the box was large and asked, “What is it?”
Charlie said, “Take a look when you get home!”
He had prepared it for a long time.
Emily hesitated, “Is it very expensive?”
Charlie smiled, “Not expensive!
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