?Chapter 1154:


    She smiled and asked with genuine concern, “Dad, how have you been? Do you need help?”


    Alec found her attitude toward him strange. Just a few days ago, he had gone to visit Isabe but couldn’t see her. After asking around, he had discovered she no longer lived there. It had left him thinking she was going out of her way to avoid him. He was already down on his luck, and it seemed even his own daughter looked down on him.


    Frustrated, he asked, “Aren’t you working for Rosie? What are you doing here?” He hadn’t heard that Rosie had thrown both Mack and Isabe out, so her presence here puzzled him.


    Isabe followed him into the small security office so they could talk more privately.


    “Rosie doesn’t want me anymore. Yesterday, I ran into Brenna, and she offered me a job. Thirty thousand a month, plusmission. Dad, what about you? How much do you make working here?” she said.


    Alec shifted ufortably. It hit him hard that she was already earning more than he did. To him, Isabe seemed a bit ungrateful, but he couldn’t deny how incredibly lucky she was to havended another job so quickly.


    Why was he so unlucky?


    “I don’t earn as much as you. I’m just a security guard,” he said.


    “About seven thousand a month?” Isabe tossed out a guess. Security guards in Shirie usually brought home about five thousand, and she figured the Mitchell Group might pay a little better.


    Alec neither confirmed nor denied it. Instead, he turned the focus back on her. “You only have a bachelor’s degree. Thispany hires engineers with master’s degrees. Why would Brenna want you to work for her?”


    He kept a wary eye on Isabe. Working for Brenna might put her in a position to pick up information, which could turn out to be useful for him.


    A kinder approach seemed wiser.


    “Well, she took pity on me. I was staying in a shabby hotel and could barely afford food. She offered me a job as the store manager at her new store in Electronics Mall. It’s not an engineering role,” Isabe exined.


    Alec nodded; he still cared about Isabe. She was his daughter, after all. After thinking it over, he decided not to run to Rosie with this news. What good would it do for him if his own daughter suffered?


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    “That’s not bad. A real job is a whole lot better than doing shady errands for Rosie,” he said.


    Seeing a trace of warmth in Alec’s eyes, Isabe figured it was the right time to speak up. “Dad, I’m out of money now. I can’t even afford to stay at that rundown hotel. Could I stay at your ce for a few days? Once I get my paycheck, I’ll find a ce to rent.”


    At that very moment, she appeared particrly kind—almost like the sweet, obedient daughter she used to be.


    Alec felt for her. “Okay. My home is your home. What about your brother? I went to thepany looking for him a few days ago but couldn’t find him.”


    “Rosie doesn’t want him, either. He’s out there hunting for a job and a ce to stay. Dad, Rosie’s not a good person. When we were still useful to her, she treated us well enough, handing us money from time to time. But when we were no longer useful, she abandoned us and even took back the money she’d given us. How can anyone do something like that? Taking back money that was already handed out? It was over ten million…”


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