The Amazing son in law Chapter 589

Elaine found herself in a deep predicament, completely unaware that she had walked into a trap. All that occupied her mind was the urgent desire to recover her lost money. Fresh chapters posted on ⓝovelFind.net

Her anxiety peaked when she heard Linda express her reluctance to continue playing. Elaine exclaimed, “How can we stop just because you want to quit? We agreed to play eight rounds, and so far, we’ve only completed three!”

Linda responded with a sigh, “Sister Elaine, it’s not that I don’t want to play with you, but the reality is you don’t have the funds to keep going!”

After finishing her statement, Linda suggested, “How about we take a step back? You can settle your account first, and then we can play a smaller game. I’m happy to play, even if it’s for one thousand or one hundred dollars. Does that work for you?”

Elaine, feeling anxious, replied, “One thousand? One hundred? How can we do that? I won’t be able to win back my money with such small bets!”

Linda explained, “If you want to keep betting ten thousand dollars, you need to withdraw that amount first. Otherwise, I don’t want to play anymore, and we should just stop for today.”

Hannah quickly intervened, saying, “Sister Linda, Elaine really doesn’t have that much money right now. Since we’re friends, can’t you give her a break?”

Hannah then exchanged a knowing wink with Linda, who understood the implicit message.

“Alright, I’ll give you a chance today because of Hannah,” Linda said. “If you don’t have cash, you can use something of equal value as collateral.”

Feeling a glimmer of hope, Elaine responded, “I live in a small three-bedroom apartment. It should be worth at least two million dollars. Can I put the house up as collateral?”

“That works!” Linda smiled. “But you’ll need to bring me the house deed first, and we’ll also need a mortgage contract.”

Elaine eagerly replied, “Okay! I’ll go get the house deed right now!” She jumped up to leave in a hurry.

“Wait!” Linda called after her. “You haven’t paid me the five hundred sixty thousand dollars you lost yet.”

Elaine quickly checked her bank balance and realized she only had two hundred sixty thousand dollars left. “Sister Linda, I can transfer that amount to you now. Then I’ll go home for the house deed, and you can deduct the rest from my mortgage. How does that sound?”

“That’s fine,” Linda replied. “But first, write me an IOU for three hundred thousand dollars. I need some assurance that you’ll pay me back after you leave, right?”

Desperate to secure her chance to continue playing mahjong, Elaine nodded without hesitation. “Alright, I’ll write you the IOU right now!”

Linda quickly provided a piece of paper and a pen, and Elaine wrote the IOU for three hundred thousand dollars. Linda finally allowed her to leave after Elaine pressed her fingerprint on the document.

Elaine rushed home, knowing her daughter was likely still at work and her husband and son-in-law would be out for a reunion. She was confident they wouldn’t discover her plan to retrieve the house deed.

With the deed in hand, Elaine returned to the villa at Thompson First shortly after.

Once there, Linda checked the market value of homes in the same area on her phone and discovered that the lowest price for a similar house was only one million eight hundred thousand dollars. She then turned to Elaine and said, “Sister Elaine, the bank usually accepts only ninety percent of the market value for mortgages. Given your house’s value, you’ll only receive one million six hundred twenty thousand dollars.”

Desperate to keep playing, Elaine said, “Okay, I’ll mortgage my house for one million six hundred twenty thousand dollars. After paying off the three hundred thousand I owe you, you can transfer me the remaining one million three hundred twenty thousand dollars. Can we do that?”

“That’s acceptable,” Linda agreed, “but we need to draft a mortgage contract first. I wouldn’t want you to deny it if you end up losing the house.”

“Let’s hurry up and sign the contract so we can get back to playing!” Elaine urged.

After signing the mortgage contract and pressing her fingerprint on it, Linda transferred one million three hundred twenty thousand dollars to Elaine.

Linda was unfazed by the transaction, knowing that even though she transferred that money to Elaine, it would soon find its way back to her.