Matthew feigned a helpless look and said, “You guys have gotten the wrong idea. I didn’t spend a single cent of it.”
Helen asked him furiously, “Where did the money go, then?”
“I gave it to the Grahams!”
“The Grahams?” James and Helen echoed in surprise.
James and Helen were stunned for a moment before collapsing onto their chairs.
It was only after a while did Helen ask in a quivering voice, “W-Why did you give them so much money as compensation?”
“Mom, that jade bracelet is worth much more than 300 million! What I offered them was peanuts!” Matthew replied.
Demi smacked the table as she rose to her feet. “I don’t care how much that bracelet is worth; you should use your own money as compensation! The 300 million includes compensation for Cunningham Pharmaceuticals and for our family, which includes Sasha, Dad, Mom, Liam and me. If we were to divide it, you would only have a few hundred thousand, or one million at most. Who gives you the right to offer the whole 300 million to the Grahams?!”
Matthew was so enraged by Demi’s statement that he was left speechless.
Do I only get one million in compensation in exchange for my life?
Matthew asked in a low voice, “What has this got anything to do with Liam?”
Matthew countered in an icy tone, “Demi Cunningham, all of us agreed to let me bear the responsibility because we didn’t have the money to pay them back at that time. But why shouldn’t we pay them now that we happen to have the money?”
Demi retorted angrily, “No matter how you phrase it, you’re just a coward who refuses to honor your promise! In order to avoid prison time, you took the 300 million to compensate the Grahams without telling us! Matthew Larson, if you’re a decent man, you should do what you promised and take the responsibility. I don’t understand what you’re trying to do now. Not only do you refuse to honor your promise, you’ve lost our 300 million. H-How can you be so despicable? What gives you the right to decide what to do with the money?”
Matthew replied with a cold expression, “I don’t have the right? Since Dad and Mom are here as well, let me make myself clear. When I told all of you about the 300 million compensation from the Jacksons last night, what did you guys tell me?”
Demi and her parents looked guilty all at once.
Matthew continued in a frigid tone, “You guys told me that you wouldn’t take a dime, no matter how much the Jacksons offered me! Even the Jacksons heard it last night! As you guys don’t want a dime of it, it means I have the 300 million all to myself! Why don’t I have the right to deal with it since it’s my money?”
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