Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 454

Bella sat down on the edge of the bed. “Mom, did you really not expect this?

When everything's fine, it's all smiles and friendliness. But now that there's a problem and it's time to decide who takes on the burden, of course everyone is going to look out for their own interests.

They're not even your biological sons. Did you really think they'd put you first in everything?”

Bella was still fuming and had barely eaten anything all evening.

She had planned to go shopping and have a nice dinner to celebrate buying her car.

But all this trouble had ruined her mood.

Sabrina said, “But they're clearly scheming to make me share this debt with them.”

Bella replied, “What's the rush? It's not my biological father sitting in a cell. They're his real sons. They can't blame me if they fail to rescue their own dad, can they?

Besides, why should we be the ones panicking?

If something really goes wrong, won't they be the ones most affected?

And anyway, worrying won't help unless we cough up the money to bail him out.

But the money we used to buy the shares from Lillian was also borrowed. We have to pay that back eventually.

We can't let this new debt fall on our heads too, can we?

My annual salary is only a little over a million dollars. A debt in the hundreds of millions, how could we ever afford that?

We can't just sell the shares we just got, can we?”

Sabrina said, “You're right to be worried. We absolutely cannot be the ones to pay this money.

If they really can't find a solution and have to borrow money, we can't be the ones taking the lead.”

“Of course. We're not going to be the suckers.”

Brandon and Colin returned to the office. Late that night, the news that Martin had been taken away by the police finally broke.

They had thought that releasing it in the middle of the night would mean it wouldn't make a big splash.

But the story spread as if someone was fanning the flames, and it quickly drew a lot of comments.

Brandon nodded, not overthinking it anymore. Given the situation, it was their only option.

They organized the PR team, hastily drafted a statement, and then hired a bunch of online trolls to manipulate the narrative.

Soon, their counter-narrative was released.

While the news was brewing online in the middle of the night, Lillian was sleeping soundly.

Inside Halfridge Villas, no one was paying attention to the issue.

It wasn't until the next morning that everyone found out.

Ethan was scratching his head, hesitating over whether to show Lillian the news.

But Lillian had already picked up her own phone.

A push notification appeared as soon as she unlocked the screen.

She really hadn't expected to wake up and find herself at the center of a scandal.