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Chapter 9

Author: Perfect Timing
Seeing that we weren’t giving in, my aunt finally stopped begging. Her expression twisted with anger, and suddenly she shot to her feet and rushed into the kitchen.

The next second, she came back out holding a kitchen knife!

“If you don’t leave the money here today, none of you are walking out of this house!!”

The blade was sharp, catching the light with a distant glint.

My parents instantly stepped in front of me, shouting, “What are you doing? Put the knife down and calm down! It’s just money. You don’t need to throw your life away and go to jail!”

However, the moment Taylor saw her mom grab a knife, she panicked and grabbed one too, pointing it straight at us.

“If you take all the money, we’re as good as dead! So don’t blame us if we fight for it. Put the money down!”

This whole family really would rather die for cash.

I raised both hands quickly. “Okay, okay, don’t be impulsive! We won’t take the money!”

Even with giving up the thirty million, we’d still have the eight mil
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