I was silent for a while, thinking seriously, and then looked at him and said, “These children are illegal no matter who you take away, for one thing, they are all underage and legally entitled to the protection of the Protection of Minors Act, so you can’t take these children away.”
Derek narrowed his eyes and looked at me, “I died and spent $100, 000 on my son for nothing, and you’re asking me to eat a stifling loss? Do you think I’m stupid, or are you just thinking too naively?”
Without refuting his words, I simply spoke, “Naturally not. If you trust me, why don’t you listen to my opinion?”
He narrowed his eyes and spoke, “Yes, you can, tell me about it.”
“People can’t come back from the dead, what happened to your son is already a foregone conclusion, and there is nothing we can do to change it. The person who should have been duly punished for this should be the person who killed your son to bear the burden, but because you also said that there is no way to find Emily, so, this matter can only we sit down to solve peacefully, as much as possible to make each other acceptable, I mean, thd Gresham family should return the 100, 000 bride price originally received into you, there is no dispute that this matter is originally done.”
Derek snorted coldly, “I’m not short of the hundred thousand dollars.”
I smiled lightly and continued to speak, “This has nothing necessarily to do with your lack of the 100, 000 dollars, besides, about the death of your son, I think the wisest thing to do is that you give all the evidence to the police and let the police catch the murderer, thd Gresham family if they are generous enough to compensate you, there is only pecuniary regret.”
Derek didn’t look very good and looked at me angrily and said, “Money? Ask him how much Raymond can pay me. How much does he deserve? My old thd Witt family is gone, so I’m asking, how is this going to work out? He gave me his son?”
Raymond did not dare to say a word at this time, is bowed his head, but his daughter-in-law spoke, “If you want, my daughter you take back, the child can also be born, brother Zhang you are only forty years old, good health, maybe my daughter can give you a normal big fat boy also hard to say, you think?”
I was so shocked that my jaw dropped to the ground, feelings I said so half a day, is a waste of words, this woman still want to push their own daughter out? This is how much hatred for their own daughters ah, this are willing to?
Raymond didn’t make a sound either, and seemed to acquiesce.
Derek did take a look at the woman beside him who hadn’t spoken, and it looked like she should be his wife. The woman had a bad look on her face and a fierce, vicious gaze on Raymond’s daughter-in-law, hating to get her killed.
I suddenly understood why Derek hesitated just now when he wanted to take the boy away. I think he was begging for it inside, but he was just afraid of his wife, so he calmed down and listened to me.
Silent for a while, I originally thought that the woman would disagree, but did not expect, she was silent for a while spoke, “Yes, my son is gone, your daughter to our old thd Witt family to give birth to a, she as long as a son, after she is free, but if she can not give birth to a son, then she will have to stay in our old thd Witt this life family to give birth.”
Raymond’s daughter-in-law nodded hastily, with a smile on her face, “Good, let her give birth, keep giving birth, until you are satisfied.”
I frowned, the heart of the indescribable emotions running, wanted to speak, was Jimmy pressed the hand, he leaned in my ear, spoke, “this thing you can not control, the end is the same, thd Gresham family the couple, will not want to pay back.”
I froze, looking at Lindsay’s face as dead ashes, suddenly a sense of powerlessness invaded the whole body, so, no matter how I do? What is the final change, or what is it?
Seeing my face not so good, Raymond’s wife looked at me and smiled, “Miss Kennedy, thank you so much, but it’s really not good for you to interfere more in this matter, it’s my family business, it’s not good for you to interfere, so I won’t bother you.”
Nice complimentary words.
It’s just that it really shouldn’t be my business.
At the end of the day, Derek pulls a desperate Lindsay away and the Raymond family calms down.
I was half at a loss as to what to say.
“Miss Kennedy, thank you for what you just did, you want Blanca’s account, I’ll go with you later, but you have to give me the money you should give me first, the cost of the account is 100, 000, it’s not easy for us to raise her, you know than we all know, once the child’s body is taken away, the future impact on her is not small, especially the kidney, she can not touch a lot of things in the future, and mobility is not so good, so this than the cost I want 500, 000, I’m not asking too much and we can afford to give. Miss Kennedy, this money I hope that today Blanca finished the account, you will give me, after what you want to do, have nothing to do with me. ”
I pursed my lips and looked at him, for a moment I didn’t know what to say, standing in his shoes, selfishly stating all this, I felt right, but, just because it was all right, so I was even more disgusted by this selfishness.
After a long time, I said, “I give you a million, we go through the succession procedures, after Blanca follow my surname, I adopt her, her future life and you have nothing to do, after she grows up, no matter what her future, you can not pester her, okay?”
Surprised Raymond, he looked at Blanca and suddenly burst out laughing, “Yes, I didn’t expect the boy to be so valuable, yes, of course, let’s go, let’s go now.”
I thought he was more or less hesitant, but no, he was even happy, his eyes fell on Blanca, the child is not big, but all the conversations here she listened to, even she are other sisters listened to, this scar, only will remain in the heart of the child forever.
Next, after Raymond and we got to town and got all the paperwork done, he looked at me and said, “Miss Kennedy, it’s time to give me the money. ”
I pursed my lips and asked Jimmy to hand her the money he had picked up, a box full of it. Raymond was so excited he was going crazy, and he left with the money in his arms.
Blanca stood beside me, her gaze motionless as she watched Raymond walking away, riding his motorcycle, with his wife, leaving without saying a word to Blanca, without even saying a final goodbye.
Looking at her, I reached out and took her, squatted beside her and raised my hand to wipe the tears on her face and spoke, “Blanca, you’ll live with us from now on, can you?”
She pulled her gaze back from the distance, looked at me, and nodded slightly, her face a maturity I had never seen before, “Good!”