“Oh, I’m so sorry.” Nash hurried over to apologize. “Children can be really ignorant…”
“How am I ignorant?” Kat snorted in disdain, folding her arms before her chest. “She lost the money her daughter entrusted to her, and then tells her daughter to sell her company to make up for her mistakes. She’s a real bloodsucker, if not worse! Even Dracula himself would have to kowtow to her and ask her to teach him how to be such a natural, shameless bloodsucker.”
Gina screamed right then, “You brat! I’ll tear out that rotten mouth of yours!”
“Hahaha!!! Fight! Fight! Fight!” Luna clapped as she watched.
“That’s enough!” Frank snapped coldly, finally stopping the mess.
On the way back, he was busy thinking about what Talc had told him before he died-Gina’s drama was the last thing on his mind.
Frowning, he said, “Ned Janko will recover the money the Talnamese took. Aside from the one billion he asked for in our agreement, he’ll return the rest as is.”
Gina breathed a sigh of relief right then. However, instead of thanking Frank, she was smiling at Helen instead. “See? Mr. Janko is so reliable. He protected us, and he’s so kind…”
“Exactly,” Cindy promptly chimed in. “We’d be dead if not for him.”
“And he’s not married yet… Why don’t you try things out with him?” Gina continued as she walked up to Helen, declaring proudly, “With my dear daughter’s beauty… a little effort, and he’s all yours!”
“What do you take me for?!” Helen snapped, really speechless with her mother’s behavior.
Pointing at Frank, she said, “Frank went to work as soon as I got your call. He’s the one who saved you, but you never thanked him! What did he do to you? Why are you so prejudiced against him?”
Her outburst left Gina scowling. “What? I can admit that he can fight, but otherwise he doesn’t even have a proper fob, let alone connections. You should be thinking more about what I said and try to get things going with Mr. Janko-”
“Not another word from you,” Helen snapped coldly, having had enough. “Also, you don’t have to worry about money from now on-I won’t be trusting you with anything. You, Luna, and Cindy can go back to Riverton now.”
In the end, no matter how successful Frank was, Gina did not care because he did not have ‘influence’. In her eyes, Frank mattered less than some freeloading rich kid.
“What? Why aren’t you coming back with us?!” Gina snapped, glaring at Frank warily and concerned he would exploit her daughter.
“I don’t want to go back for now.” Helen waved her off in annoyance. “I need a break anyway. Quit bothering me for a while.”
However, even Frank was frowning. “Things are complicated in Morhen, Helen. It’s not safe for you to stay-”
“See? Frank agrees with us. You should come with us.” Gina agreed enthusiastically.
Helen sighed and admitted just then, “Frank, I’m staying because I’m worried about Vicky-I don’t want her to go through what I did…”
