Just the interest. Not the principal.
And because they had repeatedly failed to repay the loan on time, penalties and compound interest had continued to accumulate over the years.
The original one-billion-dollar debt had snowballed into an unimaginable twenty billion dollars.
Twenty billion dollars... The number alone was enough to make anyone lose hope.
Even if she spent her entire life working without resting for a single day, she still wouldn't be able to repay such an astronomical debt.
'How... How did things become this bad...?'
Meanwhile, her father stood frozen in place.
His usually straight posture had collapsed, and his shoulders looked heavier than ever before. He opened his mouth. Then closed it again.
He simply didn't know how to explain everything.
Just then, the study door slowly opened.
Jacqueline's mother quietly walked inside.
