Hank paused before asking, “Couldn’t you have at least cleared away all the garbage?”

Liberty laughed. “There was a lot of garbage when the house was first renovated too, and I was the one who paid for someone to clean it up. You didn’t reimburse me for that either. I’m just collecting my money back now.”

“How much does it cost to hire someone to clean up? Why are you haggling with me over that little bit of money?”

“Why shouldn’t I haggle? That’s my money. My money doesn’t grow on trees. Why should I give it to you? I’ll get back every penny I’ve spent.”

Hank was speechless.

After a long time, he gnashed his teeth and said, “Fine, you win!”

“I’m only getting my renovation fee back. There’s nothing to win. Your house now looks like what you paid for.”

Hank was so angry that he hung up the phone. He wanted to throw the phone, but Jessica quickly grabbed it. “That’s my phone. Don’t throw it.”

“Damn it!”

Hank could not do anything else but repeated those two words.

As Liberty ha