Chapter 79

The Ultimate Betrayal

“I'm coming home soon. Is Jasmine asleep yet?” Charlotte asked Elaine over the phone.

“No, she's playing with her crayon,” Elaine responded.

Meanwhile Elaine had been talking with Joyce, who was still around after Charlotte left.

“Do you really think Astor will do such a thing?” Joyce asked.

“I can't tell, we just wait for the police report. But, I know they have a good reason coming to arrest someone like Astor,” Elaine said.

After a while, Joyce made to leave, taking her small hand bag that'd been sitting on the chair.

She motioned to the door but turned back immediately. “I have to say...