Chapter 299 Unveiling the Truth
"You despicable woman! Watch me tear off that hypocritical mask of yours."
Mrs. Hamilton rushed forward, disregarding everything. Her freshly done nails scratched Isla's face mercilessly. Isla screamed in agony as Mrs. Hamilton grabbed her hair, even tearing at her wedding dress.
"Since you have no shame, why not take it off and let everyone admire it! Everyone has already seen what they shouldn't have seen earlier!"
"What are you doing? Let go!" Isla covered her wedding dress with one hand, while wildly striking Mrs. Hamilton with the other. Unintentionally, she struck Mrs. Hamilton's face.
"You dare to hit me, you wretched woman." Mrs. Hamilton quickly pinned Isla to the ground, straddling her and repeatedly slapping her, while also tearing at her wedding dress.
Isla screamed for help, pleading with Remy. However, Remy stood aside, coldly watching her. Guests, from the Wilson family tried to intervene, but ended up arguing with guests from the Johnson family. Several guests from the Johnson family joined in, restraining Isla and spitting on her face, assisting in tearing her clothes.
Mrs. Wilson couldn't save her husband, and when she turned to save her daughter, she was blocked by relatives from the Johnson family, who pointed fingers at her, cursed angrily, and threw things at her.
Just as the chaos escalated among everyone, the screen once again switched, this time to Barbara's hospital room. At 11 PM last night, during a shift change of medical staff, the Wilson family managed to sneak into Grandma's room and pleaded for her help.
"I thought you came to celebrate my birthday during my final hour, but I never expected this." Grandma was awakened by their commotion, slowly sat up, and coughed a few times.
Upon hearing her words the Mr. Wilson, in the video, realized that today was his mother's birthday. He hurriedly said, "Mom, please wait a moment. I will order a cake and have it delivered soon! However, the Wilson family is facing a crisis! You must help us this time!"
As the entire audience watched this moment, they were all stunned. They never expected that the confident Mr. Wilson would kneel before Grandma's bedside with his wife and daughter, begging for help.
Wasn't he the one who had spent a fortune on buying land? How could he end up in such a sorry state?
The fight on stage continued to intensify.
The people who were present were stunned. Each one of them stopped what they were doing, never expecting the Wilson family to be like this in private! Mrs. Wilson was even more dumbfounded.
When were the actions in the hospital room captured? Could it be that there was surveillance in Grandma's room? With this thought, she suddenly became weak and almost couldn't stand. Her whole body went limp!
"Mom, we asked for your help a while ago, but you refused. We didn't want to upset you anymore," Mr. Wilson knelt on the ground and sincerely said, "Later, we heard about a piece of land that, once acquired, could be sold for several times the price.”
“So, Skylar and I sold all of our assets, including the house, shares, and cash! We converted everything into cash! We also borrowed a huge sum of money from several rural banks and borrowed money from many people. That's how we managed to gather 12 billion US dollars!"
Upon hearing this, the guests in the room never expected that the Wilson family acquired the land in such a way. They had wondered where they got the money from, it turned out they pieced everything together and borrowed from everywhere!
Feeling everyone's scorn and disapproval, Mrs. Wilson shouted loudly, "Who installed the surveillance? Turn it off!"
The host hurriedly sent someone to the backstage to see what was going on and asked the staff to pause the video playback. But no matter how many times the staff pressed the buttons, it didn't work.
"We can't pause it! I don't know why, but it seems like the machine is broken?"
"Cut off the power!"
"It won't work!" The staff had never encountered such a situation before, it was really strange!
In the surveillance footage, Mr. Wilson knelt in front of Grandma's bed, tears streaming down his face, as he said, "We finally acquired the land, but we heard that we have to start construction within a month and cannot sell it for five years."
That was true. The Johnson family was also interested in the land before, but when they heard that they had to hold onto it for five years without selling, they gave up on the idea. At that time, they wondered where the Wilson family got the ability to hold onto the land for five years. Little did they know, the Wilson family had no idea about it at all.
"We borrowed money from so many rural banks and acquaintances. Every month, we have to pay over three million dollars just in interest. But our company's funds are too low. If we can make fifty thousand dollars in profit each month, it would be great, but it's simply not enough to repay this debt!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire room was shocked. Over three million dollars in interest. What a terrifying number. If it was just for a few months, it would be manageable, but if it had to be paid continuously for five years. Who could handle that?
The key question was, was it true that there were problems with the Wilson family's funds as rumored? They couldn't even make fifty thousand dollars in profit each month. And to think they were the richest family in New York!
"So, what do you want me to do?" Barbara sat on the hospital bed and asked. The video angle only captured the Wilson family.
The three of them knelt on the ground, pleading earnestly. Although Barbara's face was not visible, her displeasure and annoyance were evident from her voice. She was annoyed by her son's repeated interruptions while she was recovering.
Despite her clear statement that she would not help, Mr. Wilson continued to bring his wife and daughter to plead before her, which was quite unpleasant.
"Mother, don't you have a 30% stake worth three billion dollars? I have a suggestion, please consider it. You could sell the shares, keep one billion dollars in cash for yourself, and give us the remaining two billion dollars for emergencies.”
“With these two billion dollars, we can pay off the monthly debt of over three million dollars for about five years..." Barbara did not expect him to have such ambitious plans and gave a cold laugh.
"After five years, if I sell the land, I will definitely make several times more money than I have now. At that time, I will return the two billion dollars to you. Whether you keep it for yourself or give it to Abella, it doesn’t matter. What do you think?"
Barbara's laughter became even more mocking. "I may be old, but I'm not foolish! If I sell the shares now, will you really return the money to me later?"
Knowing the Wilson couple's personalities, they would definitely break their promise. "Mother, I can write you a guarantee! As long as you lend us two-thirds of the shares for emergencies, we will definitely repay you!"
Mr. Wilson, afraid that his mother wouldn't agree, hurriedly added, "Otherwise, if the group collapses, keeping this 30% stake won't be of any use, and it will be worthless by then!"
Barbara remained calm; her tone filled with anger. "If it weren't for all these years that you all ignored me, didn't come to visit me when I was hospitalized, and even wished for my death...”
“If it weren't for hiding from me and sending away my granddaughter, if you didn't do so many despicable things, I would have definitely helped you."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Wilson became anxious and was about to say something, but Barbara interrupted him.
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