"Phoebe, are you okay?" Faye Ford had been standing on the other side, anxiously waiting for news from the operating room. When her attention lapsed for a moment, she heard Rona Langdon hit Phoebe Faulkner. She spun around, hurried over to Phoebe Faulkner, and blocked Rona Langdon.
"Rona, we still don't know what happened. Don't..."
"Faye Ford, why are even you defending her?" Rona Langdon demanded, unable to understand. "She got my brother bitten by a poisonous snake, and he's still laid up in bed! Now, she's the reason Jace is in the operating room. She's a total jinx! Why are you still on her side?!"
"Rona, you've always been so reasonable. Maybe you just need to calm down right now." Faye Ford turned to Charles Jacobs, who was standing nearby. "Jacobs King, come over and look after Rona. She needs to cool off."
