The fact of the matter was, Julie was the one who was in charge of the Jenkins family's finance, because it was her dowry that was the biggest fortune of their family.

When she had gotten married to Bill, she had cut off contact with her parents.

However, she had shares in the Smith family's business. When getting married, she had sold these shares and brought the revenue to the Jenkins family as dowry.

It was with a portion of that money that Bill was able to start his own business and succeed. However, most of that money, which had grown over the years, was still in Julie's hands.

Now, if the Jenkins family wanted to invest in Patricia's new company, they could only do so with the Large sum of money which was under Julie's control.