Elizabeth nearly spat out the oatmeal in her mouth upon hearing Adeline’s words. No, that’s not what I mean! I’m clearly saying you don’t need to keep me company if you have other plans!
But who’d have thought this girl got the wrong idea? Alas, she seems to have a little trouble with reading the room.
“Old Mrs. Arnold, why don’t we go shopping later?” Adeline suggested after checking the time. She thought any woman had a natural liking to shopping, even older women, right?
Seeing how enthusiastic the young woman was, Elizabeth didn’t have the heart to turn her down.
Since Isaac threw this problem to her, Elizabeth would help him handle it for now.
“Sure!”
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Patricia enjoyed driving her new ride home as it had a good speed and was automatic at that. There wasn’t a single problem with it!
She loved the red car, feeling like she had gotten it with nothing.
She couldn’t figure out why Isaac would say something was wrong with this car. Surely, it was he who was being finicky.
She very carefully parked the car when she arrived home, and when she got out of the car, she found Gus sitting idly in front of his house, eating something.
He was actually munching on peanuts. When he saw Patricia coming out of the red car, he went up and circled around it.
“New car, Tricia?”
Patricia got along pretty well with her neighbors and was quite familiar with them as well. If there ever was an emergency, they were happy to help each other out.
“No, my janky car broke down. My friend doesn’t drive this car often, so he lent it to me.”
Gus frowned in response. “Well, this friend must be rich. It’s not Mr. Selwyn, is it?”
Zachary came to this part of the neighborhood quite often in the last two years. Everyone around here knew he was trying to win Patricia’s heart, and they thought God was still rather nice to this single mother even though it wasn’t easy for her to raise triplets on her own.
The Selwyns were an affluent family in Appleby, and if Patricia could marry one of them, she’d turn from rags to riches.
Patricia shook her head. “No, it’s another friend.”
After satisfying his curiosity, Gus returned to his chair and continued what he was doing prior.
Meanwhile, Patricia glanced at Gus before entering her home, and with that, she approached the man.
“Gus, the loan you said the other day, the one that you can get the money the same day. Is it legal?”
Seeing that she was interested, he spat out the peanut shell in his mouth and said, “Tricia, we’ve been neighbors for about two to three years, haven’t we? Do I look like a bad guy to you? Would I screw you over?”
Well, Gus might be a loafer, but he isn’t dishonorable, Patricia thought, and he would be more than willing to help whenever anyone comes to him. Surely, he won’t trick me.
With that, she glanced around a couple of times, making sure there was no one else around, before whispering, “I want to loan half a million. How many days will it take to be transferred into my bank account?”
She got tempted mainly because Gus told her that it was interest-free. They only charged ten percent for the handling fee.
“Well, it’ll be transferred to you by tonight if you need it today.”
Gus actually also had his own little ideas. He would be able to earn a commission of fifteen thousand if Tricia borrowed half a million. For someone who never had a proper job, Gus never experienced what it was like to have tens of thousands in his bank account.
So, he began growing eager when he was now given a chance to earn over tens of thousands for the month. “Better be quick if you want to borrow the money, Tricia. I can’t help you anymore if my relative beats you to it.”
“I want to borrow the money. Please tell the guy I want it. I’ll get the paperwork done by tomorrow,” Patricia affirmed immediately after hearing Gus’ words, somewhat worried that the money might really go to someone else.
Patricia heaved a sigh of relief after the two ended their conversation.
No matter what, the most important matter right now was to treat Poppy’s illness. She was also planning to pawn the ring, which wouldn’t be worth any less than two million. She was already losing out by selling it for half a million.
When Patricia entered the house, the triplets were in the backyard.
Scott and Stellan were doing their homework while Sylvie was skipping rope.
Upon seeing their mother, the little girl ran up to her and questioned, “Where were you last night, mom? You better not lie.”
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