At that moment, Abigail and Victoria found themselves unexpectedly cornered. Cora's words had sliced through their carefully crafted scheme with such precision that for a brief second, both women stood motionless eyes wide, lips slightly parted, like actresses caught off script. The humiliation wasn't in what she said alone it was the way she said it. Cora hadn't just responded; she had dismantled their plan without even needing to raise her voice. It was calm. Calculated. Powerful.
It was clear now. Their entire ploy had been to provoke her, to push her emotionally, to make her snap in public. But instead, she flipped the narrative and exposed them. With each word, she peeled back the layers of their petty game, and in doing so, made it clear to anyone watching that this wasn't a simple misunderstanding it was a targeted ambush. And they failed.
