Chapter 74

“Oh, come on! That’s $15,000 we’re talking about here!”

“Mom, Anthea’s saying it’s not about the money…”

Harriet was fuming, her blood boiling. It was $15,000!

What on earth did Anthea want?

She couldn’t possibly be holding out for $100,000, could she?

How shameless could she bel

“Mom, what do we do now?” Baldie queried, his voice tinged with uncertainty.

“Just ignore her!” Harriet spat out maliciously. “That little bitch is just playing hardball with me! She can take it or leave it! I refuse to believe my rotisserie can’t survive without her!”

Even if Anthea turned Cloudcrest upside down, there was no way she’d find anyone willing to pay $15,000 a month for an inexperienced waitress with no education to boast of.

Who in their right mind would do that?

they out of

I just

Within three days,

“And if she messages you on WhatsApp trying to

it,” Baldie agreed before he asked hesitatingly, “Mom, do you think Anthea will come

to us?”

her $15,000, and she refused. When she begs to come back, she’ll find the offer substantially reduced.

nodded, convinced by

**

in her quilted vest, Karen had taken a brisk walk around the

her medicine when she realized

you instructed the kitchen staff to prepare my medicine?”

“Karen, I had Dr. Lyons look

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told Larkin to buy, and he said they’re just common ingredients, ineffective for

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