jQuery get() request retrieves data before the new data has been submitted

The title may be a bit vague, sorry about that, allow me to explain.

I have a users_status_likes table with the follow columns: id, user_id, status_id

The idea is simple, when a user clicks the like button of a status, the data gets submitted to the database with the logged in user_id and the status_id of the status.

Now, I'm trying to do a get() request to retrieve the number of likes a status has. The problem is, the get request is retrieving the number of likes the status had before the new like has been added.

For example, there's a status that has 1 like, but then I click the like button, so now it has 2 likes, there are 2 rows in the table for the same status_id but each has a different user_id. When I click the like button, the console says count 1 but it really should be count 2 because I just liked the status and data has been submitted to the table.

I am using Laravel 5.2, so let me start by posting the route

Route::get('likestatusCount/{id}', 'FeedController@getlikesCounter');

The getlikesCounter() method in FeedController

public function getlikesCounter($id) {
    $status = Status::find($id);
    return Response::json(['count' => StatusLikes::where('status_id', $status->id)->count()]);
}

And the form inside the view

{!! Form::open(['action' => 'FeedController@likeStatus', 'id' => 'like_form', 'class' => 'likeform']) !!}
          <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info btn-xs like" data-user="" data-status="" id="like-status">
          <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up"></i> <span class="like-button-text">Like</span> <span class="like-button-counter">()</span>
          </button>
{!! Form::close() !!}

The javascript

$('.likeform').submit(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();

    var submitBtn = $(this).find('.like');
    var likeText = $(this).find('span.like-button-text');
    var likeCounter = $(this).find('span.like-button-counter');
    var status_id = submitBtn.data('status');
    var user_id = submitBtn.data('user');
    var token = $('input[name=_token]').val();

    $.ajaxSetup({
        headers: {
            'X-CSRF-TOKEN': token
        }
    });

    $.ajax({
        url: 'http://localhost/socialnet/public/likeStatus',
        method: 'POST',
        cache: false,
        data: { like_status: status_id, user_id: user_id, _token: token },
        success: function(data) {
            submitBtn.removeClass('btn-info').addClass('btn-danger');
            submitBtn.find($(".fa")).removeClass('fa-thumbs-up').addClass('fa-thumbs-down');
            likeText.text('Dislike');
            console.log(data);
        },
        error: function() {
            console.log('error');
        }
    });

    // data.count returns the count before the new like has been submitted
    $.get("http://localhost/socialnet/public/likestatusCount/" + status_id, function(data) {
        likeCounter.text(data.count);
        console.log(data.count);
    });
});

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