Chapter 9

Meanwhile, Jake grew anxious when Mom's reply never came. He took a cab to the restaurant.

When he entered the private room, he found her collapsed on the floor and rushed to shake her awake.

She stirred slowly, still dazed. Jake urgently asked her if the plan had succeeded. But suddenly, she began to scream frantically, "He has AIDS! Oh, my god! He has AIDS!"

Mom shook Jake's shoulders violently, her voice filled with madness.

Finally, Jake slapped her to quiet her down. It seemed to snap her back to reality, and she clung to him, weeping. "Willem has AIDS!"

After a moment of reflection, she began laughing hysterically. "No wonder! He refused to let me look at the pregnancy test results because of that!"

Jake realized that their plan had likely failed. However, her words sparked a calculation in his eyes.

Yes, he would use the pregnancy test results to blackmail Willem.

Jake contacted Willem, planning to leverage this information to extract 100 grand from him. However, Willem