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Chapter 210
Chapter 210
Chapter 210
Zuri rose from the bottom to the top in the entertainment circle. Her net worth was hundreds of millions of dollars. Ten million wasn't a big deal for her.
A look of sadness suddenly clouded Zuri's face. She sighed and uttered sadly, "Although I can afford to pay back the money in ten folds, I am afraid that Colin wouldn't want to take me back. He might strangle me for dumping him."
Chelsea teased her. "What are you afraid of? Have you forgotten how you chased Colin before? Use that same courage to win his heart back. If ten million dollars isn't enough, just double it. You can do this, girl!" Chelsea burst into laughter after she finished speaking.
Zuri gave her a gentle slap on the hand and sighed deeply. "I wouldn't be stressing over this if I just had to buy back his love with money. It's not that simple. Colin might have gotten over me a long time ago."
The two friends chatted whilst they ate their meal.
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Within the last three days, the case between Chelsea and Sonya had been filed. Sonya was granted bail, so she was no longer in prison.
Even though Edmund forbade anyone to bail out Sonya, her bailout wasn't against the law.
The night that she got out of jail, Alena attempted suicide.
Edmund was woken up by his sister's call in the middle of the night. Sonya's sobbing voice came from
the other end of the line. "It's our mom! She swallowed a lot of sleeping pills! She's no longer breathing and her body is numb. I don't know what to do!"
Edmund flew out of bed. He hung up and called an ambulance. Afterward, he drove to his mother's residence, still in his pajamas.
The ambulance arrived a few minutes before he got there. Alena was lying unconscious on the floor as the paramedics tried to resuscitate her.
Sonya was pacing about in the living room. Her hair was a mess and her face was as red as a tomato. As soon as she saw Edmund, she rushed up to him and pointed her finger at him. "This is all your fault! It's all your fault! Our mother decided to kill herself because you have been so mean to me. You are a bad son and brother!"
Edmund was infuriated by this accusation. He didn't want to deal with her now, so he shook her off and shouted, "Fuck off!"
How was it his fault that Alena decided to kill herself?
Was this because he refused to allow Brayan to take over the case?
Was he wrong for standing for what was right? No, not at all!
If there was anyone at fault for this, that person was Sonya! She should never have done something so barbaric and expected him to stand by her side.
Sonya fell to the floor and burst into tears again. "You still aren't remorseful, Edmund. How can you be so mean to your family because of that wench? Will you only realize your mistakes once our mother is dead?"
Edmund was so furious that he wanted to slap the foolishness out of Sonya. When would she change and become a sensible person that could distinguish right from wrong?
Pointing at her, Edmund said seriously, "This isn't my fault at all. Don't try to rope me into this nonsense!"
From his sister's words and behavior, Edmund put two and two together. It seemed like Alena downed the pills just to turn him against Chelsea.
The matter had been kept under wraps. But someone in the police station had leaked the news that Sonya committed crime against her brother's ex-wife. It was only a matter of time before it blew up.
Alena was afraid that her precious daughter would be disgraced and sentenced to jail, so she wanted Chelsea to withdraw the lawsuit.
The worry Edmund felt decreased a little. He reasoned that Alena must have taken only a few pills. She wasn't going to die even though she was in a coma.
It became clear to him that his mother and sister were going to any length just to change his mind. How despicable!
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