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?

of

I just ignore her?”

words. Within three days,

Harriet added, “And if she messages you on WhatsApp

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

to us?”

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

by his mother’s assurance.

**

in her quilted vest, Karen had taken a

when

instructed the

could reply, Adah interrupted, “Karen, I had Dr.

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Larkin to buy, and he said they’re just

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