Sweet Love novel Chapter 15

Let her decide? How should she call Yusef to make him happy? Joey? Seffy?

The nicknames that cross her mind give her chills. Never mind, just call him by his full name.

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Macy changes her shoes before she enters her house where she arrived from Yusef’s villa. She doesn’t see her mom.

She agrees to make a deal with Yusef today meaning she is ready to let the Downey’s go. She has to tell her mum. As for her dad, she’ll see.

After all surviving is the most fundamental and urgent option comparing to the Downey’s.

“Mom?”

Macy is walking upstairs while she is calling, she doesn’t see anyone around the house. She turns to find something to eat in the kitchen.

Macy’s mother is a highly raised lady who is used to being served by maids. However, at this moment, all the servants were dismissed from the Downey family. She starts cooking, but what she can do is very limited, like pasta without sauce or oatmeal.

Macy is expert at many forms of arts, but only, she has never cooked in the kitchen, but she has to do anything concerning the current situation.

Macy is trying to make scrambled eggs following the recipe online. There comes a sound from the outside before Macy can turn on her stove.

Macy stops her cooking and goes outside. There is her mum.

“Where have you been mum?”

Her mum startles upon seeing Macy coming out of the kitchen, and she mumbles, “I…I have tried to contact a few friends to see if they can help us out.”

Friends? According to Macy’s knowledge, her mum’s friends are so unreliable. Their attitudes changed so fast when bad things happened to their friends.

Macy takes a deep breath and holds her mum’s wrist softly, “Mum, I have something to tell you.”

Macy’s mum becomes serious when she sees Macy’s serious face. “Macy, just tell me the truth, have you found the person that can help us through it?”

“Mum, to be frank, the Downey’s is only an empty shell at the moment. It really has nothing left except for its reputation…”

“What are you talking about?” Macy’s mother’s expression suddenly changes, “Do you also believe the rumors? We are not gonna fail!”

Macy’s mum’s strong reaction really shocks Macy. She takes a deep breath and explains more patiently, “Mum, listen to me. The bank is urging us to pay our loan. If we don’t have the money, our villa will be auctioned. If we do nothing but wait until then, we will really have nothing!”

“And dad, we don’t know how he is treated in prison. We also need money to manage his life there. If we still hold on to the empty Downey’s, we will sink deeper in this crisis!”

Upon hearing the house will be auctioned, Macy’s mum panics, “What are we going to do, Macy? We need this house, if we lose it, where are we living?”

“Mum, we need to find a way to keep this asset. We have to go through the bankruptcy procedure and liquidate all the properties of the Downey’s. I will find a job to support our living.”

Her mum looks a bit in despair, but she sighs after considering it over and over again, “Well, it seems to be the only way to go.”

Macy feels guilty when she notices her mother’s haggard face. She leans on her mum’s shoulder and says softly, “Stop worrying, mum. I will work hard to give you a comfortable life...”

She doesn’t have any options but to trade herself in order to make a living. She is no longer the highly regarded missy.

“I have worked for the Downey’s for 7 to 8 years! How can you kick me out! Open the door!”

“That’s right! We didn’t leave even the company is in trouble but where is our severance pay now?”

“…”

Their words hit on Macy’s head and make her hears endless buzzing.

She grits her teeth and clenches her fist. She has to face it alone.

She looks at Sunny who is by the door and says calmly eventually, “Sunny. Open the door.”

“Miss Macy, no! They have completely lost their mind! They might come in and beat you up!”

Manager Wood suddenly suggests, “Call the security guards!”

Sunny shakes her head, “The guards are with them.”

“Then what? We can’t let it continue! Let’s call the police!”

“No!” Macy rejects.

If they call the police, the workers will be more disappointed with the Downey’s and the matter will only get bigger. What they can do now is to let Macy talk to the protestors.

“Open the door!” Macy strengthens her tone, “I will talk to them!”