Teresa

“Listen, child,” Diana called me.

“I may have underestimated you, maybe felt you were as useless as your mother thought, but after listening to you, I see you don’t deserve to be dragged into this mess.”

“What does that even mean?”

She frowned at me. “Would you at least let me finish talking before you interrupt me?”

I held my peace.

“I’m trying to give you a chance here,” she said.

“I didn’t plan for you to be entangled in this mess. I ...