Three Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 278

Shirley didn't bother hiding it. "Lenora wants to buy a house for Nash. She's been going on about it for a while now, and I refused. Your dad isn't stupid enough to drain our entire savings to buy a house for Nash, but he's such a devoted son that he's completely stuck in the middle. He wants to lend them a little. He calls it a loan, but we all know it's a handout. I absolutely refuse."

"Isn't Nash still in college?" Bonnie frowned. "Housing prices are at an all-time high right now, and the real estate market is looking terrible. It makes zero sense to buy a house right now."

Shirley scoffed coldly. "They were totally convinced you were never coming back. They spent every waking moment whispering in your dad's ear, telling him that daughters are useless, that you can't rely on them, and that we'd have to count on Nash to take care of us in our old age. If your dad hadn't been so completely let down by them when he was hospitalized last time, I swear he would've actually bought into it."

"But their perfect little scheme is completely useless. Whether you came back or not, not a single cent of this family's money is ever going to Nash."

Bonnie fell completely silent. She couldn't wrap her head around their obsession with other people's money. It was downright baffling.

"The moment you showed back up, that entire family went into a full-blown panic. Everyone knows blood is thicker than water. Even if your dad is a total pushover, he'd never abandon his own daughter and hand all his money to his nephew. So now, they're just trying to squeeze out whatever they can get. That's exactly why I didn't want you coming for the holidays. Just wait, this dinner is going to be utterly miserable for everyone."

It made her feel even worse. While she had been gone, her mother had been forced to handle this entire toxic family all by herself. She couldn't even imagine how much grievance Shirley had suffered.

"Mom, can't we just skip it? It's not like we rely on them to survive."

Shirley smiled. When she was younger, she had thought the exact same thing. But in this life, you never knew when a tiny, insignificant favor would turn into a heavy chain that bound you for the rest of your days.

Morality could only hold good people hostage, and debts of gratitude only ever bound the soft-hearted.

There was simply no way around it.

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