Winner Takes All novel Chapter 16

Katherine returned home. Soaked from head to toes, she was so freaked.

As soon as she entered the house, her parents and her younger brother Tommy all stood up.

“You finally come back.” Elissa growled, “Why did you get pissed off? We just arranged a blind date for you.”

Katherine jerked slightly while staring at Elissa with shock, “Mum, do you know what happened?”

“I know. Tommy told me about that.”

Elissa pointed at Tommy, but her next words finally made Katherine cried, “What if you’re being touched? It’s a blind date after all. You would have done us a great favor if you didn’t end up like this tonight. If your blind date was a success, Tommy wouldn’t have to worry about his bride price anymore.”

“Mum, what did you take me as?” Katherine howled with tears in her eyes.

Kieran’s face had darkened as he glared at Elissa, “What nonsense are you spouting in front of our children?”

“She’s my daughter. Why can’t I criticize her?” Elissa got sarcastic as she placed her hands on her waist, “Since she has ruined her blind date, what should we do about Tommy’s bride price? Can’t I criticize her since she couldn’t even help her young brother?"

Elissa finally made Kieran speechless.

Katherine could felt that Ben had no idea what had happened in the restaurant. When she ran off at that time, Tommy probably only heard about another version of that scene from Ben.

Frustrated, she was going to explain clearly to them what had happened.

“Katherine, do you help me or not?”

Tommy suddenly cried out loud, “I am your biological younger brother after all. If you don’t help me, I won’t be able to marry Shirley. My life will be meaningless. I would rather die!”

“If Tommy is dead, we don’t wanna live anymore!” Elissa chipped in while breaking out into a wail of her own.

In an instant, the whole family was in a disaster.

As younger brother and mother were threatening to kill themselves, Katherine could only plopped down to the floor and cried out loud as she tugged her hair.

“Katherine, let me advice you. Since your mother and younger brother is in such a poor state, as a sister, you should endure somehow.” Kieran began solemnly, “Although your blind date partner Ben is not your type, you shouldn’t have run away after he has just touched you a little, am I right?”

“Dad…” Katherine felt extremely sad at the moment. ‘Was that just a little? He basically treated me as a prostitute!’

She was well aware of the fact that her explanations would be useless no matter how hard she tried.

Suddenly, she recalled Jack’s message, and she decided to give it the last shot. She began in a hoarse voice, “Dad, why don’t you buy Tommy a house in West Shantytowns? The value will probably rise soon, and Tommy’s bride price can be done!”

Kieran’s face darkened.

Elissa immediately scolded, “Are you crazy? Buy a house in West Shantytowns? That is a shabby and countryside area fraught with alien workers. How can the price increase? There is no way in hell! I would be retarded if I decide to buy a house there!”

“Sister, are you crazy? West Shantytowns is such a messed-up residential area, Shirley would never agree to us buying a house there,” Tommy quipped in, “We are real siblings bounded by real blood, so you shouldn’t think of something that would harm me, right?”

Tears filmed Katherine’s eyes. She was biting her lips so hard that they were almost going to bleed.

She knew well what kind of place West Shantytowns was. She was starting to doubt the authenticity of Jack’s message.

However, this was her best solution at the moment. Since the housing price in West Shantytowns was relatively low, she could make up for Tommy’s bride price with the rest money if she bought a house there.

This was the best she could do at the moment. Other than that, what could she do?

Would she really have to sell herself?

“Enough! Shouldn’t you guys stop your nonsense? You’re creating a mess in our home!”

Kieran couldn’t stand their antics anymore as he loudly reprimanded them, “If there’s no other way now, we will come up with something later on.”

“Then can you come up with something? You’re just a teacher who can’t fork out large sum of money at all for our Tommy’s wedding. Or else, do you want your lineage to end at his generation?”

Elissa retorted while giving him a push. Kieran’s face was pale white upon hearing those words.

Kieran was a teacher who firmly believed that the greatest sin of a man was cutting off his future lineage. This was an act that was strongly against a person’s belief of filial piety. If this happened to him, it would be more torturing than asking him to kill himself.