Starting with A Divorce novel (Ainsley and Cason) novel Chapter 400

Chapter 400 Her Again

Dana looked at Ainsley. Dana’s face was pale, and her lips were trembling slightly. She asked,

“What the heck do you want?”

“The truth. I only want the truth. Tell me everything.” Ainsley glanced at the corner again.

Dana swallowed and asked, “What will happen if I tell you?”

“You will get some money, and I will delete the recording. I just want to know who is behind this.”

“How much?” Dana swallowed again.

“160 thousand dollars.”

The once-cut-off live broadcast was reconnected, and Manuel stopped what he was doing. On the screen, Dana put down the bag in her hand and sat calmly on the sofa. She said slowly, “A week ago, Iliana and I were still the most ordinary employees in the company. Then a woman showed up with cards from PineMist Island Resort Hotel, telling Iliana, me, and some other employees that we could go there for a few days for free. We wouldn’t have to pay for anything. Who would say no to that?”

She paused and continued, “The next day, that woman came to me and Iliana. She knew all about us, including Iliana’s mother’s illness. When Iliana’s mother was rescued, Iliana paid 16 thousand dollars for the medical bills. Iliana was just an ordinary employee. Her mother’s treatment these days had eaten up all her money, and she was still in debt. The woman said that as long as we helped her do one thing, she would give Iliana 160 thousand dollars.”

Dana was immersed in thoughts as if she had gone back to that day.

“160 thousand dollars?” Dana’s eyes widened.

“What do you want?” Iliana also looked at the woman in shock.

The woman stared at Iliana without blinking. Then she said in a solemn and pitiful voice as if she was announcing Iliana’s death, “Your death.”

“My death?” Iliana’s face was pale.

“You are ill as well and will ***soon. Your mother is still in the hospital and might need to be rescued at any second. You have me to pay you this time, but what about next time? 160 thousand dollars is enough to save your mother. After you **, I will have experts treat her and carers take care of her,” the woman said in a clear, cold voice, which made Iliana and Dana scared. Iliana’s lips parted and closed several times, yet after pondering, she still couldn’t say yes. After all, it was about her life. How could she easily agree to end her life?

The woman seemed to have seen through Iliana. “You only have a day. If you don’t get back to me by this time tomorrow, I’ll assume you’ve turned the offer down.”

Before the woman left, she glanced deeply at Dana with a complicated light flashing across her eyes.

Dana looked at Ainsley with tears. “You are right. It was me. The woman told me that if I could persuade Iliana to do it, I could get 160 thousand dollars as well. 160 thousand dollars! Who wouldn’t want that?”

“Iliana, what’s there to think about? It is not 1.6 thousand dollars. It is 160 thousand dollars! How much do we earn a month? We can’t even earn 1.6 thousand dollars per month. Heck, we might not be able to earn 16 thousand dollars after ten years. Besides, she has already helped to pay 16 thousand dollars. If you turn her down, how are you going to repay this money?

“Iliana, the HR Department just informed us today that the company is going to lay off employees soon, and I think that we, the old employees, might be the ones getting kicked out. The newcomers all graduate from prestigious universities. We have no advantage over them.

“The clock is clicking. Have you made up your mind? Actually, it’s fine if you say no. But I’m afraid that your mother’s illness…”

“I am telling the truth. Iliana was tempted by the money as well, so we called the woman. Iliana got a bag of pills from her, and I had to watch Iliana ***.”

While speaking, Dana was already in tears.

Irene was in the Wade Group. She looked at the woman on the screen with a face full of despair.”

Irene thought, I made a mistake, and I couldn’t stop after that. It was just an impulse, and it got me into so much trouble.

She anxiously dialed a number and said, “Shut the live broadcast off! Now!”

Her nearly insane voice made the person on the other end of the line nervous.