Reborn Wife

Chapter 183 

Sophie was caught off guard, but when she regained her composure, she smiled awkwardly at Maggie.

"I'm not gambling.I just owe a little sum of money"

During the time she was forced to hide in the countryside, she was lured by a group of men to try gambling.

At first, she was like a frightened chick who was afraid of being caught.

But as time goes on, she gradually enjoyed gambling.

In the beginning, Sophie started gambling in small amounts.

However, she had gradually become addicted and could not resist betting larger amounts of money.

The reason why she decided to leave the mountains was not only to find her daughter but also to avoid her debts.

When Maggie saw her expression, she could already guess that it was bad news.

She tried to hold back her anger as she asked, "How much do you owe?"

"Not much.Just a small amount"

"Tell me the truth!"

"Eight!"

"Eight hundred thousand?"

Maggie breathed a sigh of relief.She could still handle eight hundred thousand.

With just a few words, she could coax Isaac into sending her the amount.

However, Sophie corrected her and said in a small voice, "No, eight million"

"What?!"

When she heard this, Maggie almost fainted from anger.

"You've really gone insane.If you badly want to die, why don't you just jump down the stairs? Don't drag me with you!"

‘'Eight million! Where would I get that money?!'’ Maggie thought incredulously.

‘'This was clearly a trap!’' She realized.

‘'Otherwise, why would they lend my mother that huge amount.She is a fugitive who is still on the run and has no money.It's obvious that she couldn't pay them back, so why?! Why would they let her borrow that money?!"

It was obvious that the culprit knew who Sophie was. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

But his target wasn't her mother.

His real purpose was to deal with her.

It was like killing two birds with one stone.

Maggie was extremely infuriated.

She didn't expect that the person who would drag her into this kind of situation would be her own mother.

Sophie felt a little guilty and said softly, "Maggie, it wasn't easy for me to raise you on my own.But now that you're all grown up, you can't ignore me when my life's on the line”

"Stop talking"

Maggie could on sigh weakly.

"I'll think of a way to raise the money, but you have to promise me that you won't ever gamble again.Also, we need to sell all your belongings.You will also need to transfer to a much cheaper apartment"

"But Maggie, even if you sell them, they're not worth that much.Why don't you just let me keep them?"

"If they didn't worth that much, then why did you still spend a lot of our money on these worthless things?"

Maggie smiled indignantly at her mother, "Have you ever thought about my situation?"

"Let me tell you this, if you ever do this again, I'll no longer be your daughter"

"No, I promise.I won't do it again"

Sophie tried to pacify her daughter's anger, "I'll return these things today! It's all because of my foolishness that we're in this situation.In the future, I will only listen to you."

Maggie left in disgust.

In order to raise the money, Maggie had contemplated for a long time.She was hesitant to ask for help from Leonard.

With his help, her problem would be easily resolved.

However, the image that she had painstakingly maintained would surely crumble into dust.

If it were to be known that she had been sheltering her fugitive mother, the Tubman family will not only dislike her, they would surely do everything they can to separate Leonard from her.

If she asked for help from Isaac, he would definitely be willing to pay her mother's debts.She had him wrapped around her fingers.She just needed to act a little coquettish and Isaac will do her every bidding.

Just as she was pondering over her choices, Isaac called her and said excitedly, "Baby, do you want to go with me to see car race tonight? I heard it's exciting!"

When she heard how Isaac addressed her, Maggie frowned and chastised him, "I've told you a lot of times, don't call me that"

"Alright, alright.You don't need to be mad."

Only then did Maggie feel satisfied and replied, "Okay, I'll go with you."

Later on, when Maggie looked back at this moment, she would realize what a bad choice she had made.

In fact, it was the worst choice she had made in her entire life.

Coincidentally.

After class, Olivia went to the library to return the books she had borrowed the other day.

Jake chased after her and asked, "Olivia, I heard there will be an underground car race tonight.Why don't you come with me?"

Olivia glanced at him and replied, "Are you a three year old toddler? Why do you still need a guardian to accompany you when you want to go out and play?"

"Of course not!"