Chapter 26

Oh shit. Asher had instructed Jesse to find a way to get Juliet to spend Asher's money earlier. When Jesse looked into the matter, he thought Juliet had actually not spent a single cent. Yet it turned out that Jesse had just been checking the wrong account! Jesse's error had caused Asher great distress. Asher was going to skin Jesse alive the moment Jesse reported the truth to Asher! Juliet didn't want to owe the Greene family anything, nor get her parents involved with that family, because of this money. So, she made a phone call to her mother right in front of Jesse's eyes. The phone rang for a long while before Jolene Coleman, Juliet's mother, picked up the call. There was a hint of exhaustion in Jolene's voice when she greeted Juliet. Juliet was about to ask Jolene about the money when Jolene suddenly spoke hurriedly. "Jules… Did something happen between you and Asher? I… I was transferred from my post in the sales department to work as a janitor!" The call volume was quit