No Way Back (Jane and Hugh) by Anna Mac novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17 Jane Is A Thief

Madelyn slapped her hands over her lips.

It was as if the words had stumbled out of her mouth unintentionally.

It had been an accident. She hadn’t intended to say that.

It didn’t matter, though. What was done was done.

An idiot could tell what Madelyn was trying to insinuate.

Dwayne whirled around and narrowed his eyes at Jane. There was a dangerous edge to his voice “You stole the money from us!”

The tone of his voice was firm and devoid of hesitation.

It was as if he had witnessed Jane’s theft with his own eyes and had concrete evidence of her crime.

A loud hiss filled the room.

Everyone gasped in shock.

The staff who had attended to Jane was stunned.

What if Jane had stolen money from Fowler to buy the car?

They would’ve given away the car for nothing if the Fowler family decided not to pay for it!

“Janie is not a thief! She paid for the car with her own hard–earned money!”

Lila hissed angrily.

She had never been so upset at anyone before.

The Fowler family was truly detestable!

“Her own hard–earned money? Are you joking? She’s a student!”

Dwayne knew that Jane was a sophomore at the University of Oricle.

A Porsche Cayenne costs 150 grand. The average college student wouldn’t be able to afford it.

The only way she could pay for the car was if she worked as a sex worker.

Dwayne did not say that.

Jane couldn’t possibly resort to sex work.

Besides, if Jane had been prostituting herself, the Fowler family would have found out.

They would have done their best to avoid such vermin instead of recognizing her as part of the family and trying to welcome her back into the fold.

“Janie, were the rumors spreading in the campus of you hanging out with strange men in bars in the middle of the night true then? How could you have something so foolish?”

Madelyn blurted out the suspicions that Dwayne was harboring.

The look on her face was of concern. She seemed genuinely worried that Jane might have gone astray.

Her voice was stern and disapproving.

What the hell!

If the Porsche 4S dealer’s office staff could escape the unfolding family drama right now, they would. What had they gotten themselves into?

Apparently, the young lady of the Fowler family had been prostituting herself before her family found her. Honestly, she could probably make a quick buck with her looks.

In fact, she must have gotten many clients to afford a Porsche Cayenne that cost over a hundred grand. But none of them would dare share what they had learned in the office with anyone. Nobody dared to incur the Fowler family’s wrath. If the Fowler family were to find out that they had talked, it would be the end of them. They wouldn’t be able to make a living in Stormton City anymore.

You needed to have a certain level of professionalism to be hired as a staff at the Porsche 4S dealer’s office. That didn’t stop the staff from eying Jane with contempt, though.

“She’s such a young, pretty lady. I wouldn’t have expected someone like her to have gone into that profession.”

“You really can’t judge a book by its cover.”

“Well, we’ve seen plenty of wannabes like her around in our line of work.”

“She’s a lady of the Fowler family! What if someone finds out? She’ll be laughed out of town!”

Dwayne frowned.

Why had Madelyn said that?

She must know that the Fowlers wouldn’t acknowledge Jane’s identity and try to welcome her back into their fold if Jane had indeed been working as a sex worker.

But judging from the worried look on Madelyn’s face, she didn’t seem to be feigning her concern.

Dwayne decided to speak up and clear the air.

He wasn’t doing it to help Jane.

He was doing it to save the Fowler family from embarrassment.

Who knew if someone might take this opportunity to spread malicious rumors and ruin their family’s reputation?

“Shut your mouth!”

Lila glared murderously at Madelyn. “I’ll rip your tongue out of your mouth if you start spewing rubbish about Jane again!”

Lila was a demure, polite young woman. Madelyn must have infuriated her so badly that she had started cursing at her.

“I’m just worried that Janie might have gotten herself into something terrible…”