q“How much would it take to set up a foundation?” Francesca asked bluntly.
She had never been good with the concept of money, and account keeping always gave her massive headaches. Because of that, she'd never beat around the bush when discussing finance-related matters.
“Um, about that...” Anthony mumbled before handing the calculator to her.
Francesca stared at the string of numbers and began counting the number of digits. Oh, my goodness, there are at least ten digits. Argh! My head hurts just from looking at it.
“Okay, that's enough. I'm getting cross-eyed from all the numbers,” she grumbled. “How much more do we need?”
“A lot,” Lincoln replied. “The truth is, our current financial strength is far from enough to start our own foundation. I've also been looking around to see if we can find a more suitable and reliable foundation.”
“Indeed. There's no need to pile so much pressure on ourselves. It'd be easier to find another foundation,” Layla uttered. “Besides, we don't have to rush this. The money we recovered is enough to tide us over for a while.”
“How long would that be, though?” Francesca asked anxiously.
Since she didn't have an answer to that, Layla quickly turned to Anthony.
“Twenty-five days,” the latter replied as he showed them the bill.
“Sell my jewelry. I heard it's worth a hundred million,” Francesca said nonchalantly. “Once I've completed Lacy's operation, I'll begin treatment on William's legs. I think I'll be able to earn quite a bit from him.”
Upon hearing that, Layla furrowed her brows. “But didn't you say that Prince William's condition is very tricky? Furthermore, his safety will affect the power struggle within Danontand's royal family. It's best not to get yourself involved in that.”
“That's right,” Lincoln chimed in. “Dragging politics into this will only complicate things further. Turn it down if you can. We don't need the prince's money.”
When Francesca heard that, she suddenly recalled how her master had also avoided treating William. Understanding dawned on her.
He, too, had told her before not to save any political figures or to get involved in their matters.
At the time, she couldn't quite understand why. To her, they were all humans, so why shouldn't she save them?
Alas, her master didn't explain further and only told her to do as he said.
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