Chapter 357 The Cost of Hope


    Tessa was clearly not happy.


    Ste realized she’d misunderstood, so she walked her through the whole situation. “What are you so mad about? You think Rianne’s trying to earn their money? Come on–she’s not exactly hurting for cash.”


    Then she exined everything from the top.


    Basically, Rianne hadn’t nned on going, but Ste had been bored and sent her over. And that one visit? It gave the Reed family a glimmer of hope–though the price was insane.


    When Tessa heard the medicine cost 700,000 dors a dose–taken daily for <b>a </b>week–she was stunned. What kind of drug costs that much?


    “Four point eight million? What kind of meds did Rianne even say it was? Who the hell can even afford that?” Tessa blurted out.


    Ste said calmly. “No idea what the drug is. She just said it’s real.”


    Tessa was shocked. <i>Is </i>it’s real<i>? </i>She didn’t buy it. “Sounds like she’s scamming the Reed family, honestly.” <i>Even </i><i>if </i>such a drug did exist, there’s no way it should cost that much.


    Ste shrugged. “Real or <b>not</b>, I’ve got no clue. But judging by how hard Reba’s losing it, the Reed family clearly bought it.”


    Tessa sucked in a sharp breath. “Since when did that girl get so good at bluffing? And does the Reed family even have 4.8 million dors to spend on saving Lillian?”


    The Reed family had hit rock bottom. Abraham cut off every path forward, and now the Reed Group was barely hanging on–one step away from copsing.


    Maybe Patrick had seen iting and pulled out some of the funds early.


    But even then, no way he’d use that money to save Lillian–he had another family out there to look after.


    Ste said, “If they had that kind of money, the Reed family wouldn’t be this desperate.”


    “Exactly,” Tessa said. “With the way Reba’s been flipping out, I’m guessing Susan’s trying to grab whatever money Jonathan’s still holding onto.”


    They were clearly scrambling to pull together whatever they could–basically selling off everything just to save Lillian. Honestly, it was extreme… but also kind of touching.


    “That’s probably why Reba’s blowing up right now,” Ste said.


    Tessa nodded. “Yeah.”


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    Chapter 357 The Cost of Hope


    Ste let out a soft <bugh</b>. “That’s more like it.”


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    “I just… I don’t want to drag you into this,” Tessa said quietly. “You’re only Madam Evelyn’s adopted daughter. What if this causes problems with the Dawson family?”


    “Don’t worry. You’re not, Ste said firmly.


    She already knew exactly what Tessa was afraid of–and shut it down before she could even say it out loud.


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