The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 357 The Cost of Hope

Tessa was clearly not happy.

Stella realized she’d misunderstood, so she walked her through the whole situation. “What are you so mad about? You think Rianne’s trying to earn their money? Come on–she’s not exactly hurting for cash.”

Then she explained everything from the top.

Basically, Rianne hadn’t planned on going, but Stella had been bored and sent her over. And that one visit? It gave the Reed family a glimmer of hope–though the price was insane.

When Tessa heard the medicine cost 700,000 dollars a dose–taken daily for a week–she was stunned. What kind of drug costs that much?

“Four point eight million? What kind of meds did Rianne even say it was? Who the hell can even afford that?” Tessa blurted out.

Stella said calmly. “No idea what the drug is. She just said it’s real.”

Tessa was shocked. Is it’s real? She didn’t buy it. “Sounds like she’s scamming the Reed family, honestly.” Even if such a drug did exist, there’s no way it should cost that much.

Stella shrugged. “Real or not, I’ve got no clue. But judging by how hard Rebecca’s losing it, the Reed family clearly bought it.”

Tessa sucked in a sharp breath. “Since when did that girl get so good at bluffing? And does the Reed family even have 4.8 million dollars to spend on saving Lillian?”

The Reed family had hit rock bottom. Abraham cut off every path forward, and now the Reed Group was barely hanging on–one step away from collapsing.

Maybe Patrick had seen it coming and pulled out some of the funds early.

But even then, no way he’d use that money to save Lillian–he had another family out there to look after.

Stella said, “If they had that kind of money, the Reed family wouldn’t be this desperate.”

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they could–basically selling off everything just to save Lillian. Honestly, it was extreme… but

probably why Rebecca’s blowing up right now,” Stella

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