Chapter 164: Calling the Police
Brianna frowned deeply. Hannah made everything sound so perfect, but the reality was far more complicated. She wished it were that simple, but the problem was that Robert wouldn’t even give her a chance to meet him.
"Dad’s been planning this divorce for a long time. The fact that he recorded those videos means he was determined to leave us, so... it’s probably too late to win him back," Hannah said as she put the groceries away in the fridge.
Brianna let out a cold laugh. "Even if he takes me to court, I’ll make sure his life is anything but smooth!"
Hannah’s eyes gleamed with a cold, bitter resolve. "Exactly, Mom. We can’t let Dad and that mistress live happily ever after! That wretched woman doesn’t deserve to benefit from all your suffering. You and Dad went through so much together, and now you’re supposed to end up with nothing?"
The mere thought of the divorce infuriated Hannah. Robert was determined to leave Brianna with nothing, which meant their chances of winning in court were slim.
Between the two of them, they only had seventy or eighty thousand left in their accounts—not nearly enough to hire a good lawyer. Brianna’s anxiety grew as she realized this. "We don’t have enough money for a good lawyer. What are we going to do?"
"Borrow it. We can ask Grandpa for help," Hannah said through gritted teeth, her voice laced with resentment.
Brianna frowned again. Her mother had passed away years ago, and her father, though still alive, wasn’t particularly wealthy. Borrowing even twenty or thirty thousand would be a stretch. The more Brianna thought about it, the angrier she became, until she impulsively dialed Emily’s number and unleashed a torrent of insults the moment the call connected.
Emily’s voice was cold and mocking as she responded, "So, Brianna, you got a new number just to curse me out? Did you really think I wouldn’t block you?"
"You slut! You whore! You seduced my husband and now you want to steal all his money, too? He says he won’t leave me a penny—clearly, it’s you who put that idea in his head!" Brianna’s chest ached with fury.
"Mrs. Baker, is this the kind of manners the Baker family teaches? When he first talked about divorcing you, I actually suggested he be fair and not leave you with nothing, but he didn’t listen to me," Emily replied with a light, sarcastic laugh.