"Dad's company is in trouble? How come? Wasn't it just fine before? How could it suddenly run into trouble? Who did this?"
"Before..." Juliet Jordan hadn't finished her sentence when she suddenly heard the sound of a car stopping outside.
Her expression changed abruptly, and without a moment to explain to Jasmine Clark, she pushed her inside, "You go in first. Jasmine, listen to me, no matter what you hear later, you must not come out, understand?"
"Mom, what's wrong? Who's here?"
"Don't worry about it! Just do as I say! No matter what happens later, you're not allowed to come out! Do you hear me?" Juliet Jordan said urgently, with a stern voice, as she desperately pushed her into the adjacent room, "Remember, you must not come out! If you do... then don't call me Mom anymore!"
Jasmine Clark had never seen her this unsettled and nodded terrified.