Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 443

Chapter 443: Chapter 443

Melody Summers took two deep breaths, trying to calm herself. She was really regretting it now. She never should have been so soft-hearted. The moment her third uncle’s family arrived at The Metropolis Residences, she should have just thrown them all out.

’Grandma was right,’ she thought. ’Gamblers don’t deserve any sympathy. They can’t change, and they won’t. They’ll only drag everyone around them down to hell.’

’Getting mixed up with a gambler only leads to misery.’

Looking at Jade Rowan, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, Melody Summers had no idea what she was planning to do, or if she’d come to her senses at all.

She looked at Jade Rowan and asked in a low voice, "...Aunt Jade, what’s your plan now?"

It was clear Jade Rowan was devastated. She was crying her heart out, her face a mess of tears and snot.

Hearing Melody’s question, Jade Rowan wiped her face with her sleeve and answered in a choked voice, "...I want to get Cameron out first... Melody, Grace, can you lend me two hundred pounds of rice, ten cases of ham, and five hundred pounds of coal? Once the disaster is over, I promise I’ll pay you back every last bit!"

Hearing Jade Rowan’s answer, Melody felt her vision go dark. She almost fainted from rage.

Grace Sutton, who was standing nearby, couldn’t stop herself from saying, "Jade, Cameron has already gambled away all of your supplies! He didn’t give a damn whether you and your son lived or died while he was gambling, and you still want to help him pay off his debts?!"

’Shouldn’t she be cutting ties with him at a time like this?’

Jade Rowan wrung her hands helplessly and stammered, "...What else am I supposed to do? He’s my husband, after all... Besides, he’s only gambling. It’s not like he’s cheating on me. I can’t just abandon him..."

The words struck Melody like a physical blow. Her vision darkened again, and she had to take several deep breaths to keep from cursing out loud.

’Aunt Jade is a lost cause.’

’She knew to leave when a husband cheated, but she doesn’t know to run when he gambles! Instead, she’s dutifully helping him pay off his debts, hoping he’ll change, hoping they can have a good life once everything is paid off.’

’Little does she know, the dangers of gambling are no less than cheating. Losing everything you own is the least of your worries! Even things like killing your wife for insurance money or selling organs are par for the course with addicts like him!’

Melody almost wished her uncle had cheated on his wife while he was at it. Maybe then Aunt Jade wouldn’t be so hopelessly deluded.

Jade Rowan, oblivious to Melody’s inner turmoil, kept looking at her with expectant eyes, hoping she would lend her the rice, ham, and coal to rescue her husband, Cameron.

But Melody couldn’t be bothered with Jade Rowan anymore. She’d already helped her uncle’s family several times. She had paid their rent and given them so many supplies. She had done more than enough.

It was her uncle’s family who had let her down.

Now she didn’t want to meddle anymore. She knew she couldn’t make Jade Rowan see reason. All she could do was step back and let them face their own destiny.

But...

Melody’s gaze suddenly shifted to Clark Summers, who was standing to the side.

Ever since they had come in, Clark had been standing there silently with his head down, doing his best to make himself invisible.

He knew he had been wrong to gamble with his father, so now he didn’t dare say a single word, terrified that someone in the room would notice him.

Melody looked at Clark and said in a low voice, "...Clark, why did you go gambling with your father?"

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