Chapter Twenty-Eight: "The Necklace"
"You, you don't know that my husband has just been killed, why are you still here to collect the debt at this time?" Nicole asked angrily.
The strong man snorted coldly and replied: "I know that Mr. Dodge was beaten to death, but this has nothing to do with you paying me back, when you borrowed the money, you signed it with your husband, and you have been delaying this money for a long time, if you don't pay it back, I will really go to court to forcibly take back this house!" β
"No, you can't touch this house, otherwise I won't have a place to live. Why don't you drive away from that Ford car in front of the door? Nicole pleaded.
The strong man scoffed and said, "What are you kidding?" Even if that car is brand new, it's only $1,400, how can it be worth $2,000? And when you borrowed money, you used this house as a mortgage, so it's not like I'm bullying you, if you don't believe it, we'll see you in court! β
While Nicole was weeping and pleading, Monet interjected and asked, "Madame, you owe them two thousand dollars, right?" β
Nicole nodded and replied, "That's right, but I really don't have any money now, and I have a few hundred dollars left to handle the funeral for Fill......
Before Nicole could finish speaking, Monet signed the check and said, "Well, I'll lend you two thousand dollars, but you don't have to worry, just pay me back within a year!" With that, he handed the check to the strong man.
But unexpectedly, the strong man did not answer, but glared at Monet and asked, "Who are you?" What does the Dodge family have to do with you? Do you need to come out and pay back? β
"Isn't your purpose just to ask for money? Who gave it to you? Monet retorted, in fact, he also knew that the real purpose of these strong men should be for this house, so he moved Sheriff Klein out: "If you think there is a problem with this check, I can ask Sheriff Klein to take you to the bank and promise to withdraw the money!" β
"You know Sheriff Klein?" The strong man asked with a frown.
Monet nodded and replied, "Of course, and I just accepted his invitation to become a special artist for the police department!" β
The strong man stared at Monet for a while, and then said, "Okay, today for the sake of Sheriff Klein's face, I will take this money!" β
Then he said to Nicole: "Mrs. Dodge, don't forget that the last balance payment is due next month, and I hope you will have the good fortune you have today!" With that, he took his men and left.
After the gang left, Monet asked Nicole, "Madam, what is the final payment he just said?" β
Nicole sighed and replied, "Three thousand dollars!" Then he said to Monet: "Monsieur Monet, thank you so much today, but don't worry, I will definitely find a way to return this money to you, by the way, I will write you an IOU now." So saying, he told the maid to find a pen and paper.
Monet did not stop Nicole from writing an IOU, because the friendship between the two had not yet reached the point of giving away two thousand dollars, but he still asked curiously: "Why do you owe them so much money, these people are not good people at first glance?" β
Nicole replied with a bitter face: "We can't help it, you also know that although the profession of a lawyer is very profitable, but if your image is very bad, no one will entrust you at all, so we can only borrow money privately to buy this house and buy a car, in fact, even most of my jewelry is fake, you have seen Maupassant's "Necklace", these jewelry of mine are fake except for the cheapest earrings." Originally, Phil thought that he would work hard in the past two days and pay back the money as soon as possible, but he didn't expect ......"
Monet understood Nicole's statement, because the lawyer industry is indeed like this, if you don't mix into the upper circle, it will be difficult for you to receive the commission of the rich, so naturally you will not make money, and in order to integrate into this circle, then you must have some basic things, so this kind of situation of slapping a swollen face and becoming fat is normal, which is no wonder this Mr. Dodge takes any case, thinking that he wants to repay the money as soon as possible, but he didn't expect to fall into this case and take on any case......
After chatting for a while, Monet saw that it was getting late and it was not appropriate for him to stay any longer, so he got up and took his leave. But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he left with his front foot, Nicole changed her previous weakness and instructed the driver, "Send me to Miss Doris!" β
Miss Doris was a good girlfriend of Nicole's previous at the DalΓ Theatre, and now she is not at the DalΓ Theatre, but is being raised by a big man.
Seeing Nicole coming, Doris hurriedly greeted her: "Why are you still here so late?" β
"I have something important to discuss with you!" Nicole said with a serious face.
"Do you want money? I just took out all the money in the bank, but it's only more than three thousand, and you know that I've been using a lot of money lately! With that, Doris took out a wad of money from the drawer.
Nicole hurriedly refused: "It's not about money, it's about that Monet." β
"You don't really have a crush on him, do you?" Doris couldn't help but exclaim.
"I think he's very good, and now he's a well-known writer, and he's also a special painter for the police station." Nicole defended Monet, and then sighed: "And with my current status, do you think there is any chance of marrying into a wealthy family?" β
"Actually, if you are willing to listen to my ......"
Before Doris could finish speaking, Nicole interrupted, "I've said this many times, I don't have what you can do!" β
"Okay, okay, just when I didn't say it!" Doris raised her hand in a "surrender" gesture, then diverted the topic and asked, "By the way, are you sure this Monet is interesting to you?" β
Nicole replied proudly, "How could I be wrong about such a thing?" Especially when he first saw me, those eyes were about to grow to me, but maybe he later knew my identity, so he didn't dare to look at me like this next, but I dare to guarantee that his mind has not been broken, otherwise how could he be so enthusiastic to help me catch the murderer, and today he took the initiative to lend me 2,000 dollars to pay off the debt! β
"If that's the case, that's for sure!" Doris muttered to herself.
After the two of them settled, Nicole returned to the house and began to prepare, and then the next day sent a maid to invite Monet to dinner at home in the evening as a token of gratitude!
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