Chapter 58

"Ms. Johnson, it's really not what you think. Charles... he didn't try to give that sheet music to Olivia. It's because you wrote it—he just wanted to keep it," Jason said quickly, hoping to calm Stella down. Even Jason couldn't wrap his head around Charles' actions sometimes. The guy had issues. He still remembered seeing Charles gather up those torn pieces of music—made no sense at the time. Looked more like he was just messing with her. But Charles gave him an answer he hadn't forgotten. "He said he didn't want to miss out on her music. That he'd never give it to Olivia." Who says stuff like that? Didn't want to miss her music, but then pushed her into paying five million? Jason didn't fully get it either, but knowing Charles for so long, he kind of did. Charles had always sucked at talking about feelings. Always pulling weird stunts instead. "He wanted to keep them? So torturing me with debt and stress was just part of the collection process?" Stella let out a bitter laugh. "Nice e