Chapter 156

“What’s wrong?” Mia asked her daughter after she returned from the grocery store.

Julia looked away. “Nothing.”

“Don’t start this, Julia. Just tell me what’s bothering you.”

“I’m tired of working there, mom,” Julia said finally. “You said it would only be for a while. Why are we being punished for what Jonah did. It’s not fair.”

Mia sighed and went into the kitchen to sort out the things they had bought. Julia followed closely behind.

“As much as I would like to pin everything on your brother, that’s not entirely fair. Both of us, especially me are responsible for what we’re going through.”

Julia frowned. Since when did her mother become such a wuss. The old Mia would have been concocting some genius, devious plan by now, but here she was, sadly recounting their pain.

It had been close to three months since they started working in Xavier’s company. Scratch that- it was close to three months since Xavier had punished them by employing them in the most despised jobs possible. Jul