At this time, Mrs. Jenkins also spoke up.

“As long as the evidence is credible, even if the owner himself tries to protect the thief, it can't change the fact that Maria's in the wrong. The Jenkins family will still follow the law and deal with it dutifully."

Canaan's face turned livid.

What a wicked woman!

How dare she speak for an outsider rather than defending her own flesh and blood?

He had seen people help outsiders before, but he had never met someone as shameless as Mrs. Jenkins!

“Excuse me, but who the hell are you? Huh? Why are you making a fuss?"

Reece didn't give a damn about whether Mrs. Jenkins was the master of the Jenkins family or not.

He immediately flew into a fit of rage as soon as he heard this old woman cut in on behalf of Haley.

In the span of one day, Mrs. Jenkins hadn't been disrespected only once, but twice-first by Maria, and now by Reece.

Mrs. Jenkins was so angry that her eyes were ablaze with fury. However, there was nothing she could do to stop the video call.

So even though Reece disrespected her, Mrs. Jenkins had to endure it with gritted teeth.

Reece scoffed at Mrs. Jenkins a Little more, saying that she was an old fool who couldn't tell right from wrong. Finally, he ordered her to stay quiet and to not interrupt their conversation again.

“Reece, I'm trying to tell these people that I'm the co-owner of the store, but they refuse to believe me," Maria said with a sigh.

“What the hell? Why don't they believe you? Everyone, if you're listening to this, let me tell you something. Maria is indeed the co-owner of the shop, which means that she owns the goods in the shop. She can take whatever she wants from the store, and it wouldn't be considered stealing. Got it?"

Reece clarified the situation without hesitation.

“Reece, could you explain the whole story to everyone?" Maria asked with a confident smile.

"Tell them everything, starting from when I started as your employee."

“With pleasure, Maria!"

Clearing his throat, Reece took a deep breath and then began explaining everything in orderly manner.

“Truth be told, I'm not well-educated. The biggest mistake I ever made was to open that store. But it also turned out to be my biggest investment. In the store's first two years, I lost a lot of money because I didn't know much about electronic products. Just as I was about to give up, Maria came to work at my shop as a clerk. Because of the store's terrible performance, I could only afford one employee. Haley and I did everything.”

With a sigh, he continued, “It's a big failure for a boss if he ends up having to do everything by himself."

Reece laid a solid foundation for the story before moving on to the critical part.

“When Maria first came to work at the shop, her monthly salary was about $ 2, @0@. At that time, the county education department was calling for bidders for a project that amounted to 5 million dollars. Although the money would be enough to bring my store back to life, I was too insecure to compete with the other bidders. It was Maria who persuaded me to at least give it a shot."