Chapter 962 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I promise to make it up to you. I will make it up to you, starting now,” Sara said as she looked around the apartment.

“Will you let me take care of you? I don’t want you living away from me in such a place anymore. Will you come with me?” Sara asked hopefully, and Crystal looked around her apartment.

As much as she liked the place, she desired a better life for herself. And that was what she planned to get from Sara. She couldn’t do that by living apart from Sara.

She would do Harry’s job as he wanted, but she also had plans of taking as much as she could from Sara too. She would start by figuring out Sara’s signatures and mobile bank codes. Stealing Sara’s money would be Sara’s little punishment for being so deceptive.

The fact that Sara had denied being Harry’s mother and Harry had not made his connection with her public knowledge yet, made it all easy for her.I think you should take a look at

Seeing how Crystal was looking around the apartment without saying a word, Sara assumed it was because she was reluctant to leave the place, so Sara took Crystal’s hand.

“I really want you to be with me, Crystal. Please don’t say no,” Sara pleased and Crystal heaved a deep dramatic sigh.

“Alright. When do you want me to move in with you?” Crystal asked and Sara held her gaze.

“Immediately. Right now,” Sara said and Crystal gasped in disbelief.

“Now? I can’t! I need to pack…”

“You don’t have to pack anything. I can get you new clothes and everything else you might need. I have no idea how you have survived living here this whole time, but I don’t want you to struggle anymore,” Sara said, holding her gaze earnestly and Crystal tried to look distressed.

“Even though you’re my mom, I don’t want to be a burden to you. I can’t leave right now. There’s a loan I’m trying to pay. I have debts I need to take care of. Maybe I can,” Crystal said as she looked away from Sara.

“A loan? What debts?” Sara asked with a frown.

“Just a couple of people I’ve borrowed money from. You don’t have to worry. I will take care of the debts myself. I just need some time to resolve it before I move in with you,” Crystal said and Sara nodded.

“You don’t have to worry. I will take care of your debts. Just come with me,” Sara said and Crystal shook her head.

“No, you don’t understand. You don’t even know how much I’m talking about. The money is huge…”

“I’m sure it’s something I can handle. Don’t worry and just say you will come with me,” Sara urged her and when Crystal remained silent, Sara took out her phone and opened her bank app before handing the phone to Crystal to input her account details so she would know she wasn’t joking.

Crystal’s brows furrowed as she hesitantly put in her account details, and once she was done, Sara sent her a huge sum of money that made her mouth drop open in shock.

Even though she had planned to con Sara, she had not planned to request for such an outrageous sum of money. Seeing how easily Sara had given her such a huge sum of money, she decided that going forward she was going to capitalize on Sara’s desperation even more.

“Does that cover your debts?” Sara asked as she watched Crystal whose mouth was still agape.

She was wealthy enough to take care of the girl’s debts as long as the girl followed her. Letting the girl keep living here was only going to delay her plans and complicate things for her.

“It is. Thank you so much, Sara!” Crystal cried as she embraced Sara, and some how Sara felt relieved that unlike Harry, Crystal was referring to her as Sara.

Crystal paused and pulled away from Sara, “I hope you don’t mind me calling you Sara? I don’t think I can call you mom just yet,” Crystal said, and Sara almost scoffed.

“I understand. And to be honest with you, I prefer it this way too. It would feel really weird for me as well if you called me mom,” Sara said and Crystal nodded.

“I also hope you don’t plan to introduce me to everyone as your daughter? I don’t want or need the attention,” Crystal said, and Sara smiled genuinely for the first time.

She was beginning to like the girl. The girl was saying all the right things, Sara thought happily.

“It’s fine if you don’t want any of that,” Sara said, and Crystal nodded.

“Where do you live? Is it here in Serenopolis?” Crystal asked and Sara shook her head.

“No. I came here only to find you. Now that I’ve found you, we can leave the country together,” Sara said and Crystal paused only for a moment before letting out a sigh.

“It’s going to be hard to relocate and leave behind everything I know and love,” she said wistfully.

“I understand how you feel. But trust me, you won’t miss any of this when you leave. I will make sure of it,” Sara trying not to sound irritated or impatient.

After a short moment Crystal nodded, “Alright. I will come with you,” Crystal said, and Sara smiled happily as she embraced Crystal.

At least one thing had finally gone right today, she thought happily. She was a step closer to getting what she wanted now.

As Crystal hugged Sara she smiled as well. She had hit the jackpot. She was going to retire from a life of cheap con after this business with Sara.

A moment later Sara asked Emma, her assistant, over to come carry the designer items she had gotten Crystal some days ago as those were the only items in the room she could let Crystal take with her.

As Sara and Crystal got into the car to leave, Sara’s phone beeped with a message notification and she clicked on it when she saw the email was from the head doctor at the research institute.

[Hello, Sara! I thought I should let you know that here at the institute we also specialize in liver transplants as you must have seen on our website page. You mentioned in your last email that there is a possibility of you getting a transplant soon. If you have a donor ready, we would be glad to offer our service to you as you’re now one of our sponsors. I think it would be best we do it here so we can monitor your progress and take better care od your health until we can get the medicine right. It’s only a suggestion and you are free to keep working with your personal doctor. I will be waiting to hear from you. And you should know that we are ready when you are.]

She smiled as she read the message. This had to be a sign, she thought with a contented sigh.

The doctor at the research institute seemed like a greedy person, and she had no doubt that for the right amount he wouldn’t mind operating on Crystal whether or not she was a willing donor.

Everything was gradually falling in place now. All she had to do was leave Serenopolis with Crystal, and she would never have to worry about Harry or Celsie ever again.

Andy had a frown on her face as she thought about Cassidy. She couldn’t help but wonder why he was making himself scarce despite the fact that they had come to an understanding the last time they spoke and he gave her Candace’s photos.

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