“You’re going too far, Jasper!”
Dave stared at Jasper and roared.
“What’s wrong with a creditor coming to collect my debtor’s debts? How am I going too far? Or are you telling me that I’m just supposed to give you that 2.7 billion? Is that it?” Jasper asked curiously.
“You won’t get anything good out of crushing the entire Hanks family to bits! Doing so will only make the situation more difficult to deal with,” Dave spoke grimly.
Smiling, Jasper replied to Dave calmly, “Then how would you propose I do this?”
“We’ll pay you 20 million a year until we repay everything. That’s the most we can do.” Dave’s eyes shifted as he spoke.
Jasper chuckled at the suggestion and turned to look at Sirius, ignoring Dave. “Mr. Hanks, should I take this as your family’s final decision?”
Dave roared. “I’m talking to you here! What’s with your attitude?”
“Enough,” Sirius suddenly spoke, interrupting Dave.
“Jasper, it’s not a lie that we can’t pay you such a large sum right now. The Hanks family is now a mere shell of its former glory. We have no other choice but to run it through the official procedure if you’re so adamant about getting the money back. That’s all I have to say,” Sirius replied calmly.
“But I don’t believe that’s the result you wish to see.”
Jasper chuckled and turned to ask Sirius, “Did you have anything to do with Zayden’s death?”
Sirius frowned slightly at how Jasper asked him a tricky question instead of replying to his question.
“What are you saying? You were the reason Zayden was put in the detention center in the first place. He killed himself because he couldn’t take the reality of it. If anything, you were the one who directly caused his death!” Sirius spoke grimly.
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