It took a long time before the chaos finally died down. The lobby had been a mess, filled with Lucas's wife’s unrelenting shouting—
"It’s this woman who messaged you!"
"She’s the one who asked you for money!"
"You keep saying you're busy at work because of her!"
She didn’t stop yelling at Bella, and even dragged her own husband into it, cursing him out too. Emily couldn’t stand to watch. Within ten minutes of the whole thing starting, she quickly pulled Bella away.
She really wanted to yell back at that woman, but that woman was absolutely insane, completely irrational, and impossible to reason with. Emily didn’t want Bella to suffer any more, so she shielded and led Bella out.
As they walked away, she could still faintly hear Lucas struggling to calm his wife down, but it was no
