Abandoned by All I Took It All Back novel Chapter 382

Hearing the woman’s words, Janina asked casually, “His own boss, huh? I should congratulate him. What kind of business is he starting?”

“Well, what else would he do? He’s a chef, so he’s opening a restaurant. When he worked at The Tasting Room, he used to brag to us about his five-figure monthly salary. Now that The Tasting Room is in trouble, he’s making a move for himself, opening his own restaurant to be the boss.”

“Ma’am, do you know where Winnie’s restaurant is? We were colleagues, after all. We should go and congratulate him.”

The woman waved her hand. “It’s not open yet. He’s been running around every day. I just saw him in the elevator this morning, and he said he was going to look at a location. I reckon once he secures the spot, it’ll be quick.”

“Oh, Winnie must be doing pretty well for himself. After only a few months at The Tasting Room, he’s already starting his own business. I should ask him for some pointers,” West said with a smile, though his mind was already drawing conclusions.

The woman chuckled. “Who knows? I don’t know the details of other people’s business. All I know is that his family is drowning in debt. I have no idea where he recently got the money to open a restaurant.”

The woman paused, her eyes widening as if in a moment of realization.

“I know! It must be the severance pay from The Tasting Room's owner. When a company goes under, they have to pay out their employees, right?”

West wanted to cry. The woman certainly had an active imagination.

However, her words put West and Janina on high alert.

Winnie's monthly salary at The Tasting Room was thirty thousand dollars. If he was able to open a restaurant while being in debt, it meant he had a significant amount of cash on hand.

Where that cash came from was the big question.

“Ma’am, what’s this about him being in debt? He always seemed pretty generous, not like someone who owed money,” Janina prodded.

“After that, Winnie never mentioned divorce again. He hands over his entire paycheck to his wife. She still had a mountain of gambling debt, and the debt collectors showed up at their door a few days ago. That’s when Winnie found out, and that’s why he’s thinking of opening his own restaurant.”

Here, the woman let out a sigh.

“With a spendthrift wife like that, no amount of money is enough. And Winnie, he just lets her walk all over him. If it were me, I would’ve run for the hills long ago. I wouldn't be such a sucker.”

“Wow, his wife seemed pretty down-to-earth. When we went up to find Winnie just now, we saw her at home. She wasn't out playing cards.”

Janina led the woman to a nearby bench to sit down.

It seemed this neighbor knew a lot.