Chapter 228 Apologize
Ring ring!
At this moment, Karen's phone rang.
She answered the call.
On the other end, a man with a deep voice said, "Is the money ready? Our boss has changed his mind. If you can't come up with the money within half an hour, your precious son's arms and legs will be delivered to your doorstep tomorrow morning, postage paid!"
As soon as the man said that, Kyle's choked voice came from the other end of the phone. "Mom! Please hurry and come up with the money to save me! Sob... I'm so scared! They're really going to cut off my arms and legs! Mom, you..."
Beep beep beep!
Before he could finish his sentence, the man hung up
"Kai!!!" Karen's eyes reddened with anxiety!.
No matter how unreasonable and snarky she was, Kyle was her own son an her weak spot!
At this moment, time was of the essence.
She looked at Ryder with a complex and resentful gaze.
She felt that everything was unreal.
Just a while ago, Ryder had been the lowest and most useless person in her own home.
But in the blink of an eye, he had climbed to the top!
She couldn't bear the fact that she had to kneel down to him.
Just the thought of it made her feel resentful.
But there was no use resisting?
After all, Kyle's life was at the mercy of Ryder right now!
So, even the stubborn Karen had ro grit her teeth and kneel down to Ryder and Sarah.
Thud!
"I... I'm sorry, it was me... I'm sorry, I was wrong!"
Karen said those words with a resolute face.
She didn't lift her head, because she didn't have the courage to meet Ryder and Sarah's eyes.
Of course, her lack of courage was not about shame and remorse, but about not being able to accept this fact!
Ryder knew Karen's true thoughts.
Her personality was innate and had developed over the past forty or fifty years, and wouldn't suddenly change because of this incident.
He had made this somewhat harsh demand simply to extinguish her spirit.
And Ryder would feel satisfied after seeing her back down.
Sarah Johnson stood aside, feeling somewhat at a loss.
This was the first time she had seen Karen being pushed so far.
As a daughter, she felt sympathy for her mother.
But on the other hand, she also hoped that Karen could transform and become a better person after this incident...
Ryder stood up and said, "Alright! Since you’ve apologized and kneeled down, I’ll keep my word and release Kyle. But remember, this money is a loan from me. I don't care how you figure it out, you must pay back the two million US dollars, as well as the previous investment in the startup! Got it?"
When Karen heard that the money was about to be handed over, she quickly stood up and nodded. "Okay, okay!" Then, she suddenly thought of something else and added, "Can I borrow another 1 million?"
Ryder glanced at Sarah, who sighed in resignation and nodded in agreement. Without further ado, Ryder transferred 3 million to Karen.
When Karen received the transfer, she was delighted and completely ignored Ryder and Sarah. When Ryder saw this, he said to Sarah, "There's nothing left for us here, let's go!" Sarah cast a complex look at Karen and nodded...
The two of them left the building. As they stepped out of the Dollar Building, they saw a figure running towards them, panting heavily. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Ernest.
He looked disheveled and had some injuries on his face. He had clearly been hurt. Sarah took a step forward, concern evident in her voice as she asked, "Dad! What happened to you?"
Ernest didn't answer her but cautiously asked, "Do you both know about Kai's situation?" Sarah nodded. "We came specifically for this matter! Don't worry, Dad, Ryder has already transferred three million US dollars to Mom, so everything should be fine!"
Ernest let out a sigh of relief and then turned to Ryder, sighing, "Ryder, thank you so much! I... I don't really have the right to say that, after all, I let you and Sarah down in certain matters, but you know the situation in this family, what I say doesn't count! Sigh..."
Ryder didn't blame Ernest for this. He knew that Ernest wasn't a bad man, but he was too weak-willed and indecisive.
Sarah noticed that Ernest seemed closer to Karen than to her. She continued to ask, "Dad! Where did you go? I didn't see you at home."
"Just bringing this up makes me angry," Ernest complained. "In the afternoon, loan sharks and a wedding planning company came to the door asking for money. Our family couldn't come up with the money and the loan shark company smashed our property. They had just left when your uncle and his family returned.
"Your mom had just lent them over three hundred thousand dollars and they hadn't spent it yet. I thought about getting the money back first to deal with the urgent situation, but your uncle told your mom that the money was a gift for them, not a loan. He said he had no intention of returning it!
"He packed his things and wanted to leave, so I chased after him..."
Sarah asked, "Did you retrieve the money?"
Ernest lowered his head and said in a frustrated tone, "Your uncle beat me up, and I also fell..."
Ryder and Sarah didn't say anything.
It was truly embarrassing for a man to be so helpless!
Afterward, Ryder and Sarah didn't linger any longer.
Ryder rode his electric scooter with Sarah back to the Platan Heights mansion.
On the way there, Ryder asked, "Do you think the conditions I proposed to your mom were a bit excessive?"
Sarah held onto Ryder's waist, shook her head, and replied, "My initial thought was that it was a bit excessive, but when I thought about it, she has done more excessive things over the years. Even though she’s my mom, we needed to make some things clear."
Ryder laughed and said, "Haha! That's good, otherwise I would worry about being resented by a certain beautiful lady. She might have given me a hard time when we got back."
"No way!" Sarah exclaimed indignantly. Then, her tone became serious as she asked, "Actually, I've been thinking, would my mom have done the same thing for me if I was the one who owed money to loan sharks and was being threatened by them?"
Ryder just asked calmly, "What do you think?"
Sarah was taken aback, then she smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly, "Haha! I was just overthinking..."
...
Meanwhile, in a high-end KTV in Houston, a redhead youth looked at the transfer notification message on his phone.
His face brightened and he quickly turned around to flatter Kyle, who was sitting on the sofa being surrounded by women. "You're really awesome, Kyle! You got two million US dollars easily!"
Kyle exhaled a smoke ring and pretended to be cool as he said, "Of course! Wasn't my acting impressive?"
At that moment, a concerned man beside him asked, "Kyle, what if your mom and dad find out the truth? After all, you're deceiving them. What will we do then?"
Kyle shrugged indifferently and replied, "So what? The money they earned their whole lives is mine anyway! I just found a way to get it earlier. It’s not a big deal!"
After saying that, he extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray and his eyes gleamed with greed as he said, "Now that we have money, let's go! Tonight, we’ll win back the five million dollars we lost recently! All of it!"
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