Here Comes the Bully
"You just called Melanie an outsider, didn't you, Gloria? What about me? Am I not one, too? You meant those words for me, too, didn't you?
"After all these years of this back-and-forth between us, you think I wouldn't notice the sting in your words? Now that you've brought me into this, I can't just stand here and take it, can I?"
"Mom didn't mean it like that, Lucy," Emily said, trying to sound braver than she felt. "Why take it upon yourself? Melanie's the one to blame here!"
She turned the blame back on me.
Lucy gave a knowing smile. Then, she glanced in my direction and signaled something with her eyes. It hit me all at once why Wayne had always cautioned me against crossing her.
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