Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1085

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Sabrina's voice immediately pitched higher. "A few hundred thousand dollars is supposed to make up for me rotting in a cell? So this is how much I mean to you. Back when you sent Lillian to prison, the compensation you prepared for her was worth at least several million, wasn't it? What, am I just inherently worth less than your precious flesh and blood?"

Martin was rendered completely speechless.

It was true. Back then, he and his sons had planned to siphon off a percentage of the profits from the project Bella brought in to compensate Lillian for her three years behind bars.

At the time, both Lillian and Bella accused each other of being the culprit, and there had been no other witnesses or evidence. They had ultimately chosen Bella simply because she could bring in immediate profits.

Fearing they might have actually wronged Lillian, they had come up with that compensation plan.

But they had never actually given Lillian a single dime. The family's fortunes had taken a nosedive soon after, making it impossible to pull out that kind of capital while the business was actively bleeding money.

Yet with Sabrina putting it like this, he couldn't exactly admit that he had never intended to pay Lillian anyway.

He had no choice but to concede. "Fine. What kind of collateral do you want?"

Sabrina's eyes darted around the room before locking onto him. "The house! This very house we're standing in. Your family hates buying real estate, so The Mercer Estate is all you have. Sign this house over to me as collateral. Only then will I believe that even if Brandon, Colin, and Lillian all try to force me into a prison cell, you will do whatever it takes to protect me."

"At the end of the day, they're your children. As their father, you definitely have the power to keep them in check. Honey, I believe in you."

That single "honey" was all it took. Martin gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Fine, the house it is. I'm not going to let you go to prison anyway."

Hearing this, Sabrina immediately dug out a pen and paper. She drafted a handwritten version of The Estate Collateral Agreement on the spot. Once the terms were set, she shoved it at Martin to sign.