No Escape From Them
Nina finished with a loud laugh.
Then she stood up, picking up her glass as she prepared to join the others in the kitchen. She shot one last, devastating look at Alessia's rigid back. "That is something you could never achieve, Alessia. Even if God Himself descended from heaven and handed them to you on a silver platter."
With that final blow, Nina turned and walked away, still laughing loudly, her footsteps fading down the hall toward the kitchen.
Left alone in the dining room, Alessia's back remained rigidly facing the empty room. Her hands clenched into tight, trembling fists. The burning fury inside her was so intense she wanted to scream, to smash everything in here, and burn the house