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Chapter 298

Author: Edelweiss W.S.
"But Dr. Locke said we've signed a legally binding contract. We can't get a refund no matter what," she continued. "We paid 3,000 dollars as a deposit, and we still owe him 12,000 dollars. But how?"

My mother sighed over and over, looking as though she had aged several years just from thinking about it.

Seeing my parents in this state upset me. "Don't worry. Let me inspect the contract."

The truth became clear the moment I read it. My parents had not signed an installment plan. It was a loan contract. The lender listed on it was a company based in Astergrad.

What enraged me most was the interest rate—an outrageous 36%.

My face went cold. I flung the contract at Jason Locke, the so-called professor. "Mom, Dad? You've been scammed! He used your personal information to take out a 15,000-dollar loan. Add that to your deposit, and he's conned you out of 18,000 dollars!"

"18,000 dollars?!" my parents cried.

They had lived so frugally that such a figure seemed astronomical.

"What is t
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