Matilda's mocking laughter echoed in her ears, but Katie seemed not to have heard it, feeling only that her vision was darkening, the world spinning around her.
"Did you... did you really borrow over three hundred thousand from them?" Katie asked incredulously.
Trey, in tears, replied, "I told you it's none of your business. Don't interfere."
Katie's emotions instantly collapsed, crying out, "Don't interfere, don't interfere. How can you expect me not to care? I am your daughter. Can I just watch them take you away?"
"But that's over three hundred thousand. How can I repay that? You, you..." Katie was shaking with anger, her words choked.
Just then, another car pulled up to the Shen residence. The door opened, and a figure rushed towards them.
"Trey, you damned bastard!"
"You've don
