Chapter 231

"Joey, leave Mario's business up to Stacy. Don't interfere in anything. If you help them out this time and things work out well, they'll come to you for help again in the future. "But if things go badly, Stacy's going to push all the blame on you. We should just stay away from sticking our noses into these things—it won't end well for us either way," Queenie said. She knew what Hanson and Stacy were like. Mario and Mia weren't angels, either. "I know. I only called to tell you about this so that you're kept in the loop; I wouldn't want them to trick you into anything because you were oblivious to everything. Who knows whether they'll suddenly go knocking on your door?" Joey feared Hanson would pester Queenie. It hadn't been easy for Joey and Queenie to get this far in life, and Queenie had been lucky enough to find Joshua, who didn't mind that she had a horrible family. He loved and doted on her. More importantly, Joshua was a senior executive in a large company and could provide a