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Chapter 10

Author: Wooden Log
"I pity Ms. Finch. She's so unlucky! She cooked for them out of kindness, only for them to try to extort her. Now that she's finally running a restaurant, her business almost got ruined!"

"I've never met anyone as malicious and despicable as that woman!"

Lucy's lips trembled. She couldn't say anything, but she glared resentfully at me, as if accusing me of ruining her life.

Well, that didn't surprise me. Someone like Lucy would never think that she'd done anything wrong.

Maisie made a police report. As it was, Lucy couldn't be charged with anything concrete. All the police did was give her a warning.

However, she couldn't find a job at all and was subjected to all kinds of gossip and criticism wherever she went. I heard she ended up returning to her hometown.

My restaurant became increasingly famous. However, I was the only one manning the kitchen, and I didn't want the restaurant's reputation to be affected, so I decided to limit the number of tables the restaurant served every
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  • Twentyfold Payback After a Potluck   Chapter 10

    "I pity Ms. Finch. She's so unlucky! She cooked for them out of kindness, only for them to try to extort her. Now that she's finally running a restaurant, her business almost got ruined!""I've never met anyone as malicious and despicable as that woman!"Lucy's lips trembled. She couldn't say anything, but she glared resentfully at me, as if accusing me of ruining her life.Well, that didn't surprise me. Someone like Lucy would never think that she'd done anything wrong.Maisie made a police report. As it was, Lucy couldn't be charged with anything concrete. All the police did was give her a warning.However, she couldn't find a job at all and was subjected to all kinds of gossip and criticism wherever she went. I heard she ended up returning to her hometown.My restaurant became increasingly famous. However, I was the only one manning the kitchen, and I didn't want the restaurant's reputation to be affected, so I decided to limit the number of tables the restaurant served every

  • Twentyfold Payback After a Potluck   Chapter 9

    "I'm already in the restaurant business anyway," Maisie declared. "With how good a chef you are, it's such a waste to see you spending all your time at home. Why don't I invest the money for you to run a restaurant? I'm sure it'll be a hit with you helming the kitchen!"I was pretty hesitant about it."After everything that happened with them reporting me, I'm a little spooked, to be honest."Maisie patted me on the shoulder and reassured me, "There's nothing to be afraid of! We'll get the paperwork done properly. You'll have the proper permits and business license you need. It'll be fully compliant with the laws, so no one can pick any bones."And I'm sure that, with your culinary skills, you'd certainly attract a crowd!"She even winked at me, saying, "Since there's still some buzz online about this situation, we can use it as an opportunity to get some publicity going. Don't pass up on free exposure!"A few days later, Maisie came to me with a pile of documents. She said she'd

  • Twentyfold Payback After a Potluck   Chapter 8

    "Nope. Sorry," I curtly responded to Diane's message.Diane tried to appeal to my sense of sympathy. "This has nothing to do with me, Jessica. That bitch, Lucy, tricked me. If there's anyone to blame for this, it's that bitch, isn't it? I'm innocent!"But once Diane saw that I was still unmoved, she lost her cool and couldn't resist lashing out at me."What's the big deal? All I did was try to get like 20,000 dollars from you. Must you be this heartless? It's not like you can't afford to spare the money anyway. Would it be so hard for you to just give it to me?""Give it to you so that you can buy a luxury handbag, yeah?" I texted back mockingly.Diane fell silent for a while, but she soon found it in her to shoot me a self-righteous comeback. "So what if I wanted to buy a luxury handbag with the money? I just wanted to give myself a treat!"To give herself a treat by extorting money from me, huh?It was truly incomprehensible to me.None of her tactics worked, so Diane finally

  • Twentyfold Payback After a Potluck   Chapter 7

    When the officer, Mr. Reed, asked the two other colleagues who had initiated each dinner gathering and how the food expenses were calculated, the two of them stumbled and stammered their way through it.They couldn't give any concrete details. All they said was Lucy would organize everything, and they just chipped in accordingly.Mr. Reed fell silent for a moment before saying that the Health Department would continue the investigation based on the evidence provided. We would be notified once they'd come to a decision.Once he left, the disgruntled Lucy stood in my path and declared, "Don't celebrate just yet! I won't be dropping this matter so easily. I'm going to make you pay!"Ignoring her, I left with my lawyer, Mr. Chase. It didn't matter what she tried to do. I was going to meet her head-on.…Lucy's next move was to start a livestream. She tearfully accused me of being a malicious colleague who used the guise of dinner gatherings to trick everyone out of their hard-earned

  • Twentyfold Payback After a Potluck   Chapter 6

    Lucy was probably afraid that I'd genuinely sue them for extortion, so she immediately reported me to the Health Department before I could do that.The next morning, someone from the Health Department called me and asked me to cooperate with their investigations.The Health Department arranged a meeting right away, with Lucy eagerly showing up as well. She even brought two other colleagues to act as witnesses.Lucy had a stack of documents with her to submit as evidence. It was the same ones I'd seen before.Alwyn Reed, the officer from the Health Department, asked Lucy to explain the situation. She shot me a smug glance before launching into her story."It's nice to meet you, Mr. Reed. I filed a report against this woman, Jessica Finch, for operating an unlicensed catering business for three years now."For the past three years, she repeatedly used these so-called dinner gatherings among colleagues as a pretext to charge exorbitant catering fees from us. For the last meal alone,

  • Twentyfold Payback After a Potluck   Chapter 5

    Diane had never paid me for the food I made for her son, but I didn't mind, figuring that life wasn't easy for a single mother.But now, I felt disheartened. It turned out I was giving her too much credit."Hurry up and give me the money, Jess," Lucy urged.However, I calmly met her gaze before shaking my head. "I won't be giving you guys anything. Since you think I broke the law, go ahead and sue me. Even if the authorities come to seal off my house, I don't care."As I tried to close the door, Lucy grabbed the doorframe to stop me."If we sue you, you're definitely going to lose the court case. Once that happens, you're going to have to pay the fine anyway. We used to be your colleagues, but you'd rather give that money to the court instead of us? How can you be so mean and heartless?"I couldn't believe Lucy was calling me the mean and heartless one. Weren't they the ones who were being utterly cruel and heartless toward me?I moved to slam the door shut, which made Lucy retr

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