Just as Dilos was feeling frustrated over not having a chance to make an appearance, the situation at the Kent farm was not looking good either.
"Not looking good" did not mean their lives were in danger. Rather, Jonathan had discovered that he had somehow signed a contract to sell the farm. Worse still, according to the contract, he would only receive ten thousand dollars! The one million dollars Bob had mentioned before had been a complete lie!
"Jonathan!"
After seeing the contract, Martha raised her voice emotionally at her husband, her face full of disbelief. "How could you make such a decision without discussing it with me?! Who was it that told me this was a 'family heirloom' that could never be sold?"
Under his wife's scolding, Jonathan lowered his head in embarrassment and helplessness, but that did nothing to extinguish Martha's anger.
"This farm is only worth ten thousand dollars? You should know that if our family has to find somewhere else to live, ten thousand dollars won't support us for long at all."
At that moment, Clark, who had just returned from a date with Chloe, heard his adoptive mother loudly berating his adoptive father the moment he opened the door. Since he had only caught the latter part of Martha's words, he did not understand why she was so furious.
"Your father sold the farm to Bob Rickman."
After explaining, Martha continued glaring at Jonathan with an unhappy expression, making him feel an urge to find a crack in the ground and hide.
"I don't know what happened either."
Jonathan rubbed his forehead in distress. "I had clearly told him before that there was no chance of it happening, but somehow I ended up signing a contract with him."
"I just called our lawyer."
Martha took