"Honey, is it true, what it says in the newspaper? The money is gone?!" Anne asked desperately.
That was a tremendous amount of money, all that they had. When she read it in the newspaper, she almost fainted. She plucked up the courage to make the phone call, hoping that Frank would deny it.
Frank found the familiar voice comforting. "I didn't expect it would turn out like this at all. The bank is going to auction all our property, including the shares of the company." That would be the most frightening thing for Frank. The company was his life.
Anne felt like someone had just stabbed a knife to her heart. She screamed, "No! No! It's impossible!"
Frank frowned, waited for Anne to calm down, and asked, "How much money have you got? We need it. I have to keep the shares. That's our only hope to make a comeback."
