So I tried few things about the persuading minigame.I have like 10 saves I've used for major decisions. I'll try those to see if it works or not but my main one is not working at all. It's also funny because for some reason, I can now progress with the witch in the prison. Before I would click on her but nothing would work. Now I finally saw her scenes lol.
Guess it's 1 step forward and 2 steps back lmao.
And here is the procedure which work for me
1. Buy the persuasion power from Veronica
2. Play the persuasion minigame until you obtain enough trust points
3. Then choose Hire
If you choose persuade the girl without persuasive power it will close the dialog without any notification why.