Chapter 33: The Choice

I spent quite some time enjoying the time with Anastasia, able to speak about my father and real mother. It seemed that my parents were like a kind family to her.

Making sure she ate when studying, giving her money when needed and then revealing the debt wasn't just for my father's issues, but for my mother Anastasia and Aki's education.

My eyes were a little hazy due to the alcohol we drank, but I was instantly stunned and sober when she spoke.

"Hey, Rai, do you know the money you sent tonight cleared our debts?"

"Eh~ how? Wasn't it nearly two million?"

She giggled at me before taking out two debt slips and tapping her phone to show the app that tracked the company's accounts and debts in real-time.

On the paper dated nine years ago, it was nearly two million... 

Then, the crumpled paper beside it showed the weekly, daily and monthly payments made, sometimes as little as one hundred dollars a day...