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Joe cursed in his heart. This… this had to be the one hundred million dollar cash cheque that Jasmine had given him to thank him.
Damn it! He must have placed it in his pocket and mixed it up with the one hundred and eighty thousand dollar cheque!
It was over. Everything was over now.
How could he possibly explain this to Claire?!
Claire took a look at the cash cheque, and the expression on her face changed immediately. After that, she blurted out, “Joe, what is going on? Why do you have a fake cash cheque worth one hundred million dollars? Are you really engaging in fraud now?”
Joe hurriedly explained himself, “Dear, this is all a misunderstanding!”
Claire frowned before saying, “What the hell is going on here? You’d better explain everything to me now, Joe.”
At this time, Elaine suddenly cut in, “What else is there to explain?! This cash cheque is quite obviously a prop that he carries around with him when he goes out to deceive others! He accidentally gave it to me today! Hmph! I think that it is truly fortunate that he gave it to me! Imagine what would have happened if he actually tried to deceive someone with this fake cash cheque?”
Then, Elaine looked at Claire before she said in a distressed manner, “Claire, he is even brave enough to commit fraud worth a hundred million dollars now! Are you sure you can still trust someone like him? If you don’t divorce him today, he will unquestionably get our whole family into trouble!”
Claire had a cold expression on her face as she looked at Joe. “Joe, if you do not explain yourself and tell me the truth about this matter today, I will truly consider divorcing you! I can accept it if you are poor and useless, but I really cannot accept it if you choose to steal, kidnap, or commit fraud just to earn some money. If that is the case, I will not be able to live with you at all!”
Joe looked at Claire with an aggrieved expression on his face as he said, “Wife, just listen to me. I will explain everything to you. I bought this one hundred million dollar cash cheque from the funeral shop.”
“The funeral shop?” Both Claire and Elaine were taken aback, and they asked, “What is it for? What happened?”
Joe sighed as he continued explaining himself. “Didn’t I tell you that my old man died when I was eight years old? He appeared in my dream two days ago and told me that he was constantly bullied by others because he had no money to spend down there. So, he asked me to burn him some money…”
As he spoke about it, Joe sighed as he continued, “I did not dare to delay it any further, so I went to the funeral shop to ask about this matter. The owner of the funeral shop recommended this cash cheque to me and said that burning one cash cheque that is worth one hundred million dollars is much more useful than burning many other smaller notes. Moreover, it is more energy-saving and environmentally friendly. I thought of burning it at the intersection tonight, but I unexpectedly gave the wrong cheque to mom instead…”
Upon hearing this, Claire asked suspiciously, “Joe, are you telling me the truth?”
Joe nodded hurriedly before he said, “Yes, I am telling you the truth! Just think about how much bad luck we have experienced lately! Moreover, who would try to commit fraud with a cash cheque worth one hundred million dollars? No one would fall for it! Even a hospital cashier would not fall for this trick!”
Claire thought about it for a moment and she felt that what Joe said was very true.
No one would believe that the one hundred million dollar cash cheque was real anyway. Therefore, it was not suitable to be used as a tool for fraud.
As she thought about it, Claire calmed down a little before handing the cash cheque over to Joe. “Keep it properly and make sure that you burn it for your dad tonight. Don’t mix it up with any other cash cheques in the future! Otherwise, who knows if something bad might happen?”
Joe nodded in a hurry before he said, “Don’t worry, dear. I know I should be more careful in the future.”
After that, Joe hurriedly took out the cheque for the one hundred and eighty thousand dollars before handing it over to Elaine and saying, “Mom, this is the real cheque. Here, take it!”
Joe continued flattering Elaine as he said, “Mom! Fortunately, you realized my mistake! Otherwise, we would undoubtedly lose out on a lot of money if I burned the wrong cheque!”
Elaine glared at him furiously. If it weren’t for the one hundred and eighty thousand dollar cheque, she would not have let him off so easily.
However, who would say no to money? She had to take the cheque and keep the remaining one hundred and sixty thousand dollars for herself!
Joe heaved a huge sigh of relief when he saw that Elaine had already taken the cheque from his hand. He had been too careless and almost caused a big accident because of his mistake. Fortunately, his brain was able to react fast enough…
Then again, his mother-in-law was a little too smart for her own good. If she found out that this one hundred million dollar cash cheque was real, she would definitely jump out of the window right now because she had made such a huge mistake!
Just as Joe was feeling a little relieved, they suddenly heard an old and anxious voice coming from outside the ward. “Jacob!
Jacob! My son, how are you?! Mom is here to see you!”
Joe frowned as soon as he heard those words.
Shortly after, Lady Wilson walked into the ward with a walking stick in her hand, accompanied by Christopher, Harold, and Wendy.
Lady Wilson had an anxious and distressed expression on her face. Her eyes were bloodshot, and she looked as though she had just been crying.
As soon as she walked into the ward, she broke into tears as she hurried over to Jacob who was lying on the hospital bed. She kept sobbing as she said, “Jacob! Jacob, when I heard that you were in a car accident, I was so scared that I almost died of a heart attack. How are you feeling now? Are you okay?”
Even though Claire was still a little disgusted with this group of people, she did not want to turn them away because after all, they were here to visit her father. Therefore, she stepped forward before she said, “Grandma, my father is feeling much better already.
Joe invited a genius doctor over to heal dad’s injuries.”
Lady Wilson heaved a sigh of relief as she said, “That’s good. That is really good news.”
At this time, Jacob also replied, “Mom, don’t worry. I will not die so easily.”
To be honest, Jacob was still very dissatisfied with his own mother.
However, no matter unhappy or displeased he was with her, she was still his mother, and they would always be family. How could he possibly have no feelings for her at all?