Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 357

Chapter 357: Chapter 357: A Desperate Plea

Meanwhile, Grace Sutton spoke cautiously, "Besides the bedding and quilts, should we prepare some food for Cameron’s family? I saw him, and he’s practically skin and bones..."

Grandma snorted at her words, her face grim. "We’re not giving them anything! He didn’t starve back when he was hundreds of thousands in gambling debt, so he’s not going to starve to death that easily now. Don’t let them know we have food here. Otherwise, he’ll just trade it for money and go gambling again!"

Grace Sutton looked awkward. She tried to persuade her, "Maybe... maybe Cameron has really changed this time... He’s already paid off his previous loans... Mom, you should at least give him a chance..."

When Grandma heard that, her thoughts flew to Cameron Summers’s past behavior, and she became absolutely livid.

She slammed her hand on the table and said furiously, "Changed? If he hasn’t claimed to have changed a hundred times, it’s been at least eighty! Was any of it real? How many chances have I given him over all these years?"

Grandma started coughing in a fit of anger as she spoke.

Seeing this, Miss Lowell quickly patted Grandma’s back and said soothingly, "There, there, don’t be angry. Don’t let what Cameron did get you so worked up..."

Melody Summers also hurried to pour Grandma a cup of Calming Tea. "Grandma," she said, "have some tea. It’ll help you calm down."

Grace Sutton wrung her hands, sinking awkwardly into her seat. ’At the end of the day, I’m his sister-in-law. Cameron finally looks like he’s trying to change, so what can I do besides plead his case?’

Once she saw that Grandma had drunk the tea and her anger had subsided, Melody Summers finally spoke. "Grandma, we should at least send some rice to Uncle Cameron’s family. Even if he doesn’t eat it, Aunt Jade and Cousin Clark still need to."

At the mention of Jade Rowan and Clark Summers, Grandma fell silent.

Grandma knew that while Cameron Summers was a scoundrel, his wife and child were truly victims.

At this moment, Grace Sutton chimed in, "I saw young Clark, and he’s as thin as a rail. Is he fifteen or sixteen this year?... Kids that age are right in the middle of their growth spurts. If he doesn’t get enough to eat, he won’t grow properly, and that’ll affect him for his whole life..."

Grandma snorted and muttered under her breath, "I don’t care if he’s tall or not, as long as he doesn’t end up a gambler like his father..."

The others in the living room could only look at each other in dismay.

It was clear Cameron had truly broken his mother’s heart.

In the end, though still reluctant, Grandma finally relented and agreed to give some food to Uncle Cameron’s family.

She sighed and waved a dismissive hand. "Do whatever you want! Just don’t take too much. Bring them some rice, just enough so they don’t starve! Any more than that, and Cameron will just gamble it away!"

...

Melody Summers and Grace Sutton went to the storage room and began gathering supplies for Cameron Summers’s family.

They pulled out two folding beds, a couple of spare sets of bedding, three extra quilts, a stove, a basket of coal, fifty pounds of rice, and some assorted pots, pans, and bowls.

That evening, after Colin Summers returned home, they loaded everything onto a flatbed cart. When no one was around, they pushed the cart to apartment 1101 on the 11th floor...

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Meanwhile, the Walsh family was scrambling to deal with Zara Walsh’s predicament.

Ever since Zara Walsh had been reported by name for illegally withholding disaster relief supplies, the higher-ups had taken the matter very seriously and launched an immediate investigation.

The investigation yielded shocking results, uncovering an entire criminal network.

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