Female Novel
Chapter 61
Chapter 61
“Grandmom is sick. It’s liver cancer, but the good news is that it’s at an early stage,” Mike said on thephone. “The doctor recommended going for treatment in the city. You and your sister have settled downin the city and know how to get around. Make a hospital appointment for Grandmom. We’ll set out in abit and take Grandmom to the hospital. “This way, Grandmom can see a specialist right away when shearrives. I heard that you must pay some sort of deposit for a treatment, so don’t forget to make thepayment. Although your parents aren’t around, she’s your grandmother too. You girls have nevercontributed to Grandmom and Granddad’s living expenses. Now that Grandmom is sick, you shouldcover for her medical expenses to make up for the neglected family support.”
Serenity grimaced as her cousin went on about the plan.
She lost her parents at the age of ten. Serenity and Liberty then received their life insurance payout of1.2 million dollars. Fair enough for Grandmom and Granddad to want a share since they were theirdad’s parents. As the sisters were underaged then, the grandparents got a bigger share than theydeserved. Serenity also knew that the grandparents took half of the insurance money and divided itamong her uncles and
aunts. Each uncle received a hundred and fifty thousand dollars while the two aunts got a share oftwenty thousand bucks each. The rest was for the grandparents’ retirement.
Although Serenity was only ten back then, she remembered every single detail.
It had not been forgotten that the grandparents made it official through a written agreement , witnessedby the town officials and Serenity’s maternal side of the family, that the sisters did not have to pay forthe grandparents’ living expenses so long as the sisters gave up a bigger portion of the insurancepayout to the grandparents. The contract was signed and sealed by the grandparents, uncles, andaunts as well as both of them sisters.
There were three copies of the contract, which were kept by the sisters, the grandparents, and the towncommunity Despite the multitude of witnesses, Mike had the nerve to accuse the sisters of neverproviding for the grandparents.
No relatives were willing to take in the sisters after they lost their parents. Since their paternalgrandparents took half of the 1.2 million insurance payout, the maternal grandparents did not want tolose out and demanded four hundred thousand dollars too. The sisters were left with two hundredthousand bucks in the end.
Liberty, only fifteen years old at the time, arranged for
their parents’ funeral and sorted out Serenity’s paperwork to get into boarding school. Serenity’seducation was guaranteed along with her meals without being dependent on the hospitality of others.Such was the life of the sisters after their parents’ passing
The so-called relatives never reached out or lent a helping hand. However, the same relatives showedup unannounced one day, demanding money when Liberty was going to walk down the aisle. The waythey saw it was that the family should be sharing the wealth now that Liberty made it big
Only these relatives were capable of such a shameless act.
It came as no surprise that the family was demanding for the sisters to pay the medical fees now thatthe grandmother was sick.
“Mr. Hunt, you’re twelve years older than me if I remember correctly. Fifteen years ago, you weretwenty two when my parents died in an accident. You were there when we were splitting the insurancepayout. Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten that we don’t need to pay for Grandmom and Granddad’smaintenance in exchange for the insurance money.
“You used the hundred and fifty thousand dollars from Grandmom and Granddad to build a house. Thehundred thousand dollars was also for their retirement. Afternovelbin
enjoying my parents’ blood money, you have the cheek to accuse me of not contributing to the familysupport and want me to make up for it?!”
Fifteen years ago, a hundred and fifty thousand bucks was a large sum of money. It was enough tobuild a house from the ground up.
“Oh, I forgot. Of course you do, since you have no shame! I’m telling you right now, Mike. I couldn’tcare less!”
Serenity terminated the call.
Mike’s attempt to call again earned him a spot in Serenity’s blacklisted contacts.
Zachary overheard the entire conversation . He had not looked into Serenity’s past and only heard fromNana that Serenity lost her parents to a car wreck at the age of ten. The sister scraped through life andcompleted their studies with the insurance money.
That explained Serenity’s great relationship with her sister.
Well, they only had each other for more than a decade after all.
To Serenity , Liberty was the only family she had in the world.
It seemed that Zachary should dig further into Serenity’s past.
Serenity never spoke to Zachary about her extended family, nor did Zachary have the curiosity to ask.
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