“Ungrateful witch!” Alma spat, her voice laced with venom as she glared at Carmen. “If it wasn’t for me, you’d still be scrubbing floors! I’m the one who brought you into Enrico’s life, made sure you had a place here. And this is how you repay me?”
Carmen’s head snapped up, her eyes flashing with anger. “Repay you?” she hissed. “You only ever thought about yourself. Do you think I didn’t notice? You wanted me here to do your dirty work, to cover for you. If it weren’t for my own cunning, I would’ve been nothing more than your tool. You were never helping me, you were using me.”
Isabella’s eyes widened in shock as she listened to the exchange.
Alma’s lips curled into a sneer. “You were always too stupid to see the bigger picture, Carmen. You could’ve had everything if you had stayed put.
