“Sophia!”
Paulina’s heart sank the moment she heard Sophia boast like that. There was no time to stop her, and now all she could do was try to patch things up the best she could.
“Mrs. James, Sophia’s just kidding around. Please don’t take her seriously. This money’s literally everything we have. If it weren’t for a family elder who urgently needs Ambrosia Vitae, we would have never come all the way to Harrisburg or spent so much. So, please, we really need your help.”
Maybe, on any other day, her words would have worked.
But after Sophia had called the money pocket change, and sounded way too convincing, both Harriet and Shirley had completely bought it.
Harriet gave a fake smile, her eyes not matching her lips. “You may say that, but Mr. White isn’t just anybody. Even for Shirley, getting him to help won’t be easy. If he gets annoyed, Shirley’s the one who’ll have to deal with it. So, let’s treat this twenty million as a first payment. When it’s all done, you’ll give us another twenty million. Deal?”
“You can’t be serious…”
Sophia couldn’t believe her nerve, and she was about to let her have it, but Paulina cut in quickly.
“No problem, but that’s a lot of money. We’ll need a bit of time to pull it together. And we’re not paying the second half until we see the medicine.”
Harriet hadn’t expected her little test to actually work, but at that, she grinned like she’d won the lottery. “Great, then we have a deal.”
With that, she dragged Shirley off downstairs, so fast you’d think she was scared Sophia and Paulina would change their minds and snatch the check back.
Neely, who’d been silent till now, couldn’t help whispering, “Odom, are those two girls for real? The other side just asked, and they handed over twenty million?”
Odom looked almost pained. “I know. Why can’t I ever meet girls like that?”
Rebecca’s lips turned up in a cold, dry smile. “With your IQ, it’s better you don’t. You’d get played so badly you wouldn’t realize it until the bill arrived.”

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