Female Novel
Chapter 256
When Mrs. Shell heard Kimberly's words, she gave her a strange look without responding.
Kimberly took out her mobile phone, mentioning, "I'll call the police now."
"Don't call the police!" Mrs. Shell grabbed her hand, crying out in panic, "It's useless to call thepolice. They may have already gone by then!"
"Well, if someone runs away with a lump sum of money, it is considered theft. It's perfectly alright tocall the police. Let them deal with this matter. " When Kimberly was ready to make the call, Mrs.Shell quickly grabbed her mobile phone, feeling extremely terrified.
"Don't contact the police!"
At last, Mr. Shell couldn't bear it and he came out of the room at once. "Don't listen to your mother'snonsense. That money was entirely lost by her through gambling!"
"Stop it!" Mrs. Shell was terribly furious, trying to stop him from spilling the beans. Mr. Shell shovedher away, saying, "What's wrong with me telling the truth? Don't you think that you have heavilycheated Kimberly? Previously how did you get that three hundred thousand dollars? Now that youhave lost all your money, do you still want to con her into it? It'd be better if you just take her life!"
Kimberly was lost for words. She was dumbstruck witnessing this scene.
The situation in the family became worse over the years. She stood before Mrs. Shell numbly,querying indifferently, "Mom, since when did you get addicted to gambling?
Mrs. Shell lowered her eyes to avoid her gaze, hesitating to answer.
"Recently I thought that we are going to be wealthy, as you have married into the Yardley family.Hence, I went around bragging and at last got cheated by others."
Kimberly was tongue- tied. "So the reason you borrowed three hundred thousand dollars from meearlier on was due to losses in gambling as well?"
Mrs. Shell remained silent, feeling remorseful for her actions.
Kimberly wore a pathetic expression. "After getting the money from me, not only did you not use itto cover our family expenses and needs, but you continued to gamble instead?"
"Kimberly, I'm really sorry, but you have to save me, otherwise... my life will be ruined."
Kimberly shut her eyes for a while, feeling emotionally drained. "I thought I could finally feel at homehere, however I didn't expect that... you would only bring me more problems. You're exhausting me,Mom. Are you aware of that? I'd need to work so hard to repay the three hundred thousand dollars."
"You have to return it?" Mrs. Shell gaped in disbelief while grabbing her arm. "You are the YoungMadam of the Yardley family. Why do you need to repay the money? I know I messed up. Can youplease save me this time?"
Kimberly was almost losing her balance when Mrs. Shell shook her.
She closed her eyes in despair. "Mom, do you really think... that I'm wealthy? Or do you think I haveno issues with the Yardley family at all? I've been married into the family for so many months. Haveyou ever asked me... Even if it's just sending me regards, how I'm doing?"
Mrs. Shell was dumbfounded and stared at her blankly.
After a while, she seemed to go mad, grabbing Kimberly's arm and scolding, "What do you mean bysaying this? Are you trying to say that you're not going to help me? Do you want to see your motherdie? You are an unfilial daughter. I have raised you for so many years, yet you became soungrateful. Am I wrong?"
Mrs. Shell raised her hand to slap Kimberly hard on the back.
Kimberly remained motionless, biting her lower lip tightly, "Even if you kill me, I don't have a singlecent to give you!"
Mr. Shell then came over to stop her. "Why did you hit her? Isn't the three hundred thousand dollarssufficient for you? Kimberly is married to a disabled man. Who knows what position she has in theYardley family? Don't make things difficult for her. Kimberly, you should go back first. I will find asolution."
"No! You can't go back! Who will pay for it if you leave?" Mrs. Shell acted like a lunatic. She wasterrified at the thought that she might be caught, and get her hands and feet cut off due to defaultpayment. She held Kimberly's arm tightly and grabbed her. As such, a few bloody scratchesappeared on Kimberly's fair skin.
Kimberly was not completely healed from her injuries yet, and presently there were new woundsagain.
She lowered her head and stared indifferently at the scars under her new wounds. She instantly letout a laugh.
When she came home, no one showed genuine concern for her, and instead, Mrs. Shell even hurther.
Sometimes she wondered whether she was the daughter of the Shell family. Why did Mrs. Shelltreat her so differently from Erica!
"Kimberly, leave!"
In the end, Mr. Shell couldn't stand it anymore. He quickly approached them to put a stop to theheated argument, then signaled Kimberly to leave at once.
Undoubtedly, he was a great help to Kimberly at that moment. She nodded at Mr. Shell gratefully,leaving the house in no time.
She felt as if she was homeless as she was walking along the streets.
Her phone rang all of a sudden. Kimberly paid no attention to it, yet it rang continuously.
Ultimately, Kimberly had to pick it up. "Hello?"
Her voice sounded weak.
"Kimberly!" It was from Vera. Her tone sounded rather energetic. "Where are you now? Why didn'tyou come to the company today? Are you still on leave?"novelbin
Upon hearing Vera's voice, Kimberly paused for a moment. After that, she replied, "Yes, I'm still onleave."
"Wow, I'm on leave as well. I have just woken up! Can I come over? Let's go shopping together!"
Kimberly looked at the opposite site of the street, blinking her eyes. "Not today I guess?"
How could she be in the mood to shop that day?
"Tell me where you are, I'll go and find you. Send me your location. You can't refuse," Vera ordered.Kimberly had no choice but to send her location to her. She then found a place to clean the woundon her arm. After dealing with it, she waited for Vera to come and find her.
When Vera found her, she saw that there were new wounds on her arm, and her expressionabruptly became awful.
"What happened? How did you get hurt? Did you run into those old women again? Did they hurtyou?"
She asked several questions in a row and it made Kimberly laugh. "No, I accidentally got myselfscratched."
"You must be kidding me." Vera glared at her, pulling her into the car. "Let's go to my house anddeal with these wounds." "It was Vice President Yardley who contacted me and informed me thatyou were not in a good state today. Therefore, he asked me to check on you."
Vice President Yardley...
Benedict?
Kimberly's expression changed a little as she didn't expect that he would actually...
"What's wrong with this man? Why doesn't he come instead since he cares so much for you? It'sbizarre that he told me to accompany you as he is trying to pursue you. You see, the thing is, youare his brother's wife. Although Vice President Yardley is handsome and benign, I don't think he hasa good character. Such behavior is immoral!"