Please Come Back, Honey! novel Chapter 77

Chapter 77

She gave him the money right in front of the other patients. Steven checked his bank balance, and he smiled. Meanwhile, Emma sobbed. “I only have enough left for lunch. I did my best.” She pretended to wipe her tears. She was a gentle woman to begin with, and now she looked like a damsel in distress.

Steven was about to say something, but one of the patients told Emma, “Three grand is a lot.”

The other told Steven, “You have a son, don‘t you? I don‘t see him around.”

“Yeah, he should help you out too. You can‘t keep asking your daughter to help you.”

Steven opened his mouth, but he swallowed his words. He was going to tell Emma to get him some food and new clothes. You went missing for a year. Three grand is not enough! He would wring every last cent out of her, but since the other patients had voiced their dissent, he would let this slide. She‘s not going anywhere anyway. I can take as much as I want later. Therefore, he said, “Yeah, yeah, I get it. You can get on with your work. I don‘t need you to stay at the hospital to take care of me.”

Emma nodded gratefully. “Take care, and call me if you need anything.” She pretended to be a good girl, but the first thing she did after she left was block Steven‘s number. He thought she would let them exploit her again, but unbeknownst to them, this was the last time she would talk to them. The next time they mel, they would be nothing but strangers.

Kaleb told Trevor about Emma‘s past right after she left his office.

Trevor was surprised to hear that. “Steven and his wife are not her real parents?”

“Yeah,” Kaleb said. “She wouldn‘t lie about this. She must be desperate if she wants to use that to cut off all ties with Steven and Simon.”

Trevor pursed his lips and said nothing. Yeah, those *ssholes won‘t let her go until they wring every last cent out of her, but she doesn‘t have enough money to support their lifestyle. He was about to ask her out and talk about Steven and Simon. He would help her if she needed it. He had a hundred ways to keep those greedy pigs away from her forever. But she doesn‘t need it now. Trevor said thanks and was about to hang up.

Kaleb said, “Oh, and she said she owes me one meal.”

Huh? Hey, I helped her out too after she came back. Why didn‘t I get a meal?

Kaleb clicked his tongue. “I miss her cooking, but I don‘t think it‘s appropriate to tell her I want her to cook for me.”

Trevor snecred, “Then don‘t bring it up to her.”

Trevor hung up in annoyance, and Kaleb chortled.

Steven told Simon to get him out of the hospital not long after Emma left.

The police officer had released hiin after a lecture the last time he was caught. He eagerly asked Steven, “How much did she give?”