Red Carpet Revenge
"But I know Violet."
Carla's breath hitched. A tiny, almost imperceptible sound, but Charity caught it.
"She's a schemer," Charity continued, her voice firm with conviction. "I don't need to go into details, I've seen what she's capable of. I know she used you, and I know she's using you as a scapegoat right now."
Silence stretched between them, thick and heavy as a funeral shroud. Carla's defiance flickered, wavered, like a candle flame caught in an unexpected draft. When she finally spoke, her voice was hollow, emptied of all the fights that had been there moments before.