Chapter 5: CONFRONTING THE ENEMIES
The car door opened with a gentle click, like the soft beginning of a storm.
Ariana stepped out first, her red dress fluttering lightly in the spring breeze as if it too was proud of its owner. Diamonds glinted coldly against her porcelain skin, catching the morning sun like the eyes of a cunning fox. In her delicate hands, she held a purse, eyes blinding.
She was the epitome of elegance and grace as always.
"Penny?" Her voice was sweet, feather-light as if calling a pet. She smiled, her gaze landing on the faded red Tata Nano car crawling along the estate road like a relic from another time. It shook slightly before coming to a halt.
Of course, only one person in all of Owlsgrave still dared to drive that little car. The cheapest car in the world and already extinct.
The car shook slightly as Penny stepped down, its door creaking in protest.
Chris was already leaning against the pillar, arms crossed, his expression a blend of amusement and disdain. "The cat is finally out of the bag." He muttered staring at Penny's wobbling dress.
"I knew it was you," Ariana chimed in, her laughter light and effortless, like white petals falling from a poisoned tree.
She had humiliated Penny only three days ago, yet stood there as though sisterly affection still lived between them.
"Only you still drive this scrap from last century."
Penny met their eyes in silence. The man who had once whispered he loved her, now stood beside her sister like she had never mattered. And Ariana, her own flesh and blood, smiling with the same lips that had once called her "Big sis."