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Divorcing After a Terminal Cancer Diagnosis Chapter 30
“No, that’s not it. I get along well with my coworkers,” Ethan said. “They’re going on rides you wouldn’t like, so I brought you over here to play separately.”Then he pointed not far away.“Dad, they’re selling lottery tickets over there. I’m going to buy a few. Who knows? Maybe I’ll hit the jackpot.”“No. Lotteries are scams,” Patrick said, firmly resisting the temptation.Ethan bought five tickets anyway.“Dad, if you won the jackpot, how would you spend the money?”“The jackpot? Five million, right? I’d save it for my grandson. I wouldn’t spend a single cent.”“That’s a different lottery. No one knows exactly how much the jackpot is. It depends on the total pool. If no one won the previous round, the prize rolls over to the next one. If no one wins for several rounds in a row, it can go up to hundreds of millions.”Patrick immediately began to fantasize.“Then if I won the jackpot, I’d save half for my grandson and the other half for my great-grandson.”Ethan did not know
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A few days later, Ethan drove his father, Patrick, to his apartment in the city.Megan was home as well.“Dad, have some water,” Megan said warmly.Patrick wasn't used to her friendliness.Two years ago, Megan had been very cold toward him as her father-in-law. Nothing about him ever seemed to please her, and whenever Patrick visited his son's home, he felt even more uncomfortable than he would in a stranger's house.“Dad, have some fruit.”Patrick had just finished his water when Megan peeled an apple, washed some grapes, and brought them over on a fruit platter.Ethan pulled Megan aside and asked quietly, “What are you doing?”“Can’t I be nicer to Dad?” Megan replied.“Do whatever you want.”Ethan didn't say anything else.After all, it wasn't a bad thing for his father to remain unaware that they were divorced.Ethan took Patrick shopping for new clothes, a few pairs of pants, and a new phone.Patrick felt uneasy the entire time.“Buddy, what’s with all this showing of
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Ethan said, “Bigamy can carry a prison sentence of up to two years. And under the law, anyone with a criminal record cannot serve as a company’s legal representative.”He had never agreed to take Holly’s money.Even if she had secretly recorded the conversation, it would have been useless. She was the only one who had mentioned money.Holly immediately understood what he was implying.“Thank you, Mr. Chancer,” she said quickly.They parted ways soon afterward.Ethan drove back to the village, took Sophie to open a bank account, and had Holly copy down the account number herself.Once the money was transferred, Sophie returned to school.After that, Ethan went to the psychiatric hospital to see Dr. Hale.“Let’s end Wayne’s case here.”Soon afterward, Wayne was transferred to a high school in the neighboring county.More than a decade earlier, Walter and Holly had started out with a tiny workshop. They made fermentation starter by hand and brewed liquor themselves, working tir
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Walter had drunk too quickly, and his face was a little red.He decided to use the second method.Money.“Two hundred thousand,” Walter said. “As compensation.”He had raised the number in his mind by ten times.He really could not bring himself to say twenty thousand. He was afraid that if he did, Ethan would walk out immediately and leave him no room to negotiate.“Not enough,” Ethan replied simply.“How much do you want?”“It’s not about the money,” Ethan said. “I mean money alone isn’t enough.”“Ethan, my son is only eighteen. Please show him some mercy.”“I want him to stay in the psychiatric hospital for six months.”After saying that, Ethan pushed open the private room door and left.Walter was both furious and anxious.Originally, he had planned to get Ethan to accept the money, then call the police and have him arrested. Two hundred thousand would be enough to put Ethan away for several years. While Ethan was serving time, Walter would find a way to pile more char
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The others were Zack’s men.When Ethan arrived, no one stood to greet him.They all stared at him, trying to intimidate him with their eyes.Ethan seemed completely unaware of their hostile stares.Seeing an empty seat nearby, he sat down, glanced around the room, and immediately figured out who everyone was.The man sitting closest to him was probably Walter Paterson.The muscular man was there to put pressure on him.Zack asked, “Brother, are you drinking liquor or beer?”Ethan glanced at the bottles covering the table and said, “Mr. Paterson invited me here to discuss something, not to drink.”Zack slammed his palm onto the table.“You ungrateful little shit. Did I say you could sit down? Who gave you the right to take a seat?”Ethan said coldly, “Who is Walter Paterson?”“Damn. You think you can call Mr. Paterson by name?” Zack stood, looking ready to hit him. “Believe it or not, I’ll end you right now.”Ethan picked up a beer bottle and smashed it hard against the edg
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In the office of Weller Distillery, Walter Paterson had just finished a meeting.It was only June, but he was already laying out the sales strategy for Christmas.Weller Distillery mainly produced sorghum liquor, a strong local spirit that people in the surrounding counties loved to drink. Farmers especially liked it because the flavor was clean and the kick was strong.Many small distilleries produced the same kind of liquor.But Walter had always looked further ahead than the others.Through various means, he slowly swallowed up the other distilleries until Weller Distillery became the largest local producer.Because of that, Walter had become one of the richest men in the area.When he received Holly’s call, he was dazed for a moment.Over the years, he and his wife had worked hard to grow the distillery. Because of that, they had neglected their son’s education.Wayne not only refused to study. His character was terrible too.To give his son a better education, Walter had
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If Ethan had accepted the one million, that would have been extortion. With such a large amount involved, it would be enough to put him away for years.But by listing out the compensation items one by one, even if the numbers were a little high, it was still a reasonable claim.After all, compensa
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Bang.The fat man swung the baseball bat down hard.At first, he had aimed for Ethan’s head.Ethan did not even flinch.The fat man forced the bat to change direction at the last second, and it slammed into the ground instead. The recoil shot back up so hard that his hands went numb.“Anything
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When the boy’s father saw Ethan, he was clearly startled.“Ethan, what are you doing here?”What was he doing here?Ethan had said it countless times before. There was no point in saying it again.This kid jumped rope in the morning and at night. Sometimes he started at six forty in the morning.
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“Go ask your husband to carry it. Quit trying to guilt-trip me,” Ethan said coldly.“Do you have any common sense? Do you know how hard my husband works every day? As his wife, can’t I feel bad for him?” Tanya grew angrier the more she spoke, as if Ethan had committed some unforgivable crime. “Unbe
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