Chapter 244

Chapter 244 The Evidence “Um Penelope lowered her head. Then, she looked into her daughter’s room and saw Jasmine playing with a doll that had been stitched back several times.

Her eyes reddened and silence draped over the entire place. Maia said nothing followed Penelope's gaze.

“Your daughter is everything to you,” Maia said confidently.

Instead, she Penelope nodded, “That's right. | wouldn't have been able to keep going if it wasn’t for her.” “Do you want to give her a better life?” Maia said.

Penelope stared at her, unnerved. “Are you offering me a helping hand?” There was longing in her eyes.

Maia nodded, “You were the leader of Victorious Secret. You were both the lead singer and dancer. You're experienced. | can put you back on stage if that’s what you want. Otherwise, you can work as a mentor in my company.

“Your salary will be more than what you earn selling alcohol and you'll have a fixed working schedule. Both you and your daughter can stay in our dormitory. It'll be safer than this place.” “I no longer want to return to the stage. I'd much rather spend my time with Jasmine now. | don’t want to miss out on her childhood. If | work as a mentor, | can groom the trainees and take care of my daughter. I'll have a proper job with a steady income. It’s the best outcome | could’ve hoped for.”

“Okay. I'll ask Buck to make the arrangements. You can start work tomorrow and take Jasmine to our dormitory,” Maia said decisively.

Penelope said gratefully, “Thank you, Ms. Maia. | could barely scrape by selling alcohol in nightclubs. it’s not the answer to my situation.

“| don’t want people to know that Jasmine has a mother who works inappropriate jobs too. It'll do things to her mind as she’s growing up. | thank you from the bottom of my heart, Ms.

Maia.”

Penelope’s eyes filled with tears. She kept thanking the lady before her. It was hard trying to land a job with a steady income. It did not matter if she had to trade something for this job, she was thankful.

Then, she looked at Jasmine, who was still playing in her room. She lowered her voice, “Cards. on the table, Ms. Maia. Aside from female celebrities who already had powerful backers, everyone who debuted in Mykonos Studio had to let Victor have his way with them.

“That included the six of us. In those bastards’ eyes, it’s all a deal and you have to do it if you +15 BONUS Maia was taken aback by Penelope’s story. She knew what kind of person Victor was, but it was still jarring to hear it with her own ears. He was a monster. She could not believe that his reign. in the entertainment industry went unchecked for so long.

This time, she was going to take Victor out of the picture for everyone he had stepped on!

“Celebrities who shot to fame fast and bring in a lot of revenue for the company can’t shake him off that easily. It’s because these celebrities are usually favored by the public. They get devoted support from the male fans.

“Victor was a freakish man. He derived pleasure from sleeping with the celebrity that men all over the world coveted. That's how he boosts his own ego.

Penelope laughed, but the hatred in her eyes was undeniable.

The next second, however, tears flowed freely down her cheeks, “Nora was one of the most famous stars in our troupe. She’d go on shows during working hours and let Victor have his way with her in the night.

“She was pushed to the limits very early on. So, she quietly gathered evidence and got ready to expose Victor's dirty secrets.

However, he caught her. Then, he drugged her and sent her to the asylum.

“| visited her several times, but she no longer remembered who | was. She was completely deranged. All she ever did was sing.”

Maia handed Penelope a handkerchief as she went on. “Victor is not a man. He’s a monster! Nora is Jasmine’s mother... she was pregnant when he drugged her. By the time she was sent to the asylum, it was too dangerous to abort the fetus.

“She died after she gave birth to Jasmine. Some complications concerning amniotic embolism. | spent all of my savings and bought the asylum’s silence. Then, | took Jasmine away.”

Maia was even more shocked after she heard this.

“What are you saying to me? Is Jasmine his daughter?”

Penelope nodded, “Give me a minute, Ms. Maia.” Then, she rose and walked to the kitchen. She moved the trash can aside and pulled out of the planks from the wooden floorboard. She came out and gave Maia a document sealed in a plastic bag.

“What's this?”

“It's all of the evidence Nora gathered. She was closest to me back then, so she sent everything to me. | took an IT course back in college. | have the know-how to keep the evidence hidden.

“| made a copy because | didn’t trust anyone. Little did | know it would come in handy six Maia looked at the documents in her hands and frowned. She had never held a package heavier than the one she had right now.

After all, Nora gathered the information at the cost of her life.

“Now that you've given me the evidence, aren’t you worried that | might go back on my word?”

Penelope shook her head, “I trust you, Ms. Maia.”

“Do you have that much faith in me?” After all, this was the first time they met each other.

This time, Penelope nodded, “I was in the industry for quite some time. If I've learned anything, it’s how to read people. | can tell you have a kind soul, Ms. Maia. | also believe that women look out for each other. | can tell you'll be the one to bring down Victor.”

“Honestly, I’m not only taking him down for you guys. | have my own reasons as well.” Penelope was startled. “I don’t get it, Ms.

Maia. You're an eminent figure. On top of that, rumors on the internet suggest that Cedric backs you up.

“People like Victor would never do anything to you and get himself in trouble. He only picks on nobodies like us.”

“Indeed, He'd never take any conspicuous actions against me, but my company is undoubtedly in his way. So, it stands to reason he’d want to get me out of the picture.”

That was when it hit Penelope.

“Are you telling you telling me that Victor is trying to kill you?”

Maia smiled in response. “It'll be tough for him to kill me. Aside from victimizing ladies and pretending to be a hypocritical gentleman, what else is he capable of?”