Chapter 78

Maureen was incredibly frustrated. Nothing in her life seemed to be going right lately. Her face turned dark as she hung up on Sean after he called asking about Penelope's whereabouts. Maureen felt that Sean should be the one to know since Penelope had disappeared from right under his nose. Besides, he was so confident that he had Penelope wrapped around his finger. Yet, the girl disappeared without a trace. Maureen could not believe that she had been so naive. After all these years, she had actually bought into a high schooler's tall tales and even helped him carry out his plans. Nonetheless, with work being an absolute disaster, Maureen did not have time to deal with anything else. She had enough on her plate. Just dealing with the fact that several prominent celebrity guests had pulled out of the YUM Fashion Gala was enough to give her a headache. Before she could devise a solution, the news had leaked to gossip sites. "Exclusive! YUM Fashion Gala Might Be a Total Flop! Major C