Hearing this, Mr. Sherman grew anxious. "No, this is your house and your money! How can we let you pay? It's what your parents left for you to fall back on. How can you spend it all?
"Your aunt and I still have some savings. It'll be enough if we sell our house. Hurry up and take your house off the market!"
Mrs. Sherman nodded repeatedly, agreeing with the sentiment.
Mr. Sherman shook his head. "This is just the price they agreed on to help look for her. If my cousin is really over there, getting her out will cost another sum entirely."
"That's still not enough?" Mr. Sherman's eyes widened in shock. He had seen similar news reports before where people only paid two or three hundred thousand to get their children back.
Thinking this, he asked the question aloud, terrified that his nephew was being scammed by this so-called friend.
