Karma held my eyes for a moment. I didn't back down at all. I wanted him to know how serious I was, how much I didn't care.
"Nobody is going to do that anymore," he finally said. "Ann and Cami are waiting to see you."
I perked up at that. Just the slightest. Mostly because they never did anything to me. In fact, they had my back the most out of everyone here. And also, Isla, Karma's mom. They were the ones that would tell Mom to go easier on me, and that maybe things weren't what they seemed.
Of course, it was their husbands that told them all to leave it be. They listened, because that's what you do when you're an ol' lady. You trust and listen to orders. Club life. They were still the kindest; took me out shopping with them, spent girl-time with me when Mom was giving all her attenti
