Chapter 23

Zoey wanted to fight back but Charmine had made her exit, her silver heels clicking against the corridor floor. Even the shadow of her back was straight, proud as it was. Click, clack, click! Zoey froze as she watched Charmine leave, and it was only after she was out of sight did she make a phone call. “Amelia, we nearly got her! Why did we let her go? Do you know how arrogant she is? She ordered me to fix her door saying that we wasted thirty-five minutes of her life, so we owe her three hundred and fifty thousand!” What? 350 thousand? Amelia was seething, but once she remembered that Charmine had a hold of their call, she began to pile up the blame on Zoey. “It’s all your fault! Why did you call back to report to me? Do you know that she got a recording of our voice call?” she yapped. “You can’t even do a thing right. I’ll take the three hundred and fifty thousand out of your salary, ten thousand per month!” Her monthly salary was only twenty thousand, so with ten thousand taken