"Aunt, you were planning to buy pearls for Emma's whitening treatment, so you must have saved up some money, right?"
"I'm your only niece, the last descendant of the Gates family. You wouldn't just let me die and let the family line end, would you?"
Nora stared at me blankly, her lips moving but eventually avoiding my gaze, not daring to meet my hopeful eyes.
"I don't have any money."
Jason quickly chimed in, full of wariness.
"We're already drowning in debt ourselves. Don't you dare come after us."
As he spoke, he even pulled Nora a step back, as if I were some kind of dangerous monster.
I wiped my tears, pretending to be heartbroken, and choked out, "Aunt, are you really going to let me die?"
"Emma can whiten her skin anytime, but I can't wait for treatment."
"If you're unwilling to lend more money, at least return the 20,000 dollars my dad lent you before."
This heavy blow made their faces turn extremely ugly.
They had come to ask for money, but now they found themselves being asked to pay it back instead.
However, I had underestimated their shamelessness, and Emma's obsession with whitening.