Jasmine

I had been hovering around the cash register as I needed to take a full count of petty cash and how much was in the drawer for the day. I had the uneasy feeling that Layla would show up at some point and demand to take it all.

I’d already had to place several calls to my lawyer, and another to the bank authorizing a transaction to cover the back mortgage owed. I wasn’t happy about it but there was no way I was going to let my sisters go homeless because of her selfishness. Layla clearly had a problem. I didn’t know what to do to get her help, but I was going to talk to our local council about it soon.

The council was a team of wolf shifters that oversaw shifter politics and disputes that otherwise couldn’t be dealt with in human courts. I hoped they would be able to get her the help she clearly needed.

“Go take a break,” I told Courtney.

Now that the rush was over, I could get to work on my task so I could