Mrs. Juliet's eyes shifted to stare at Mrs. Gina, who had finally walked out to the gate. She met Mrs. Gina's cold gaze and asked, "Why did you send her away last night?" Mrs. Gina didn’t know who the beautiful Black woman standing before her was, as she knew most of the women living around the Emerson estate were wives of prominent men. "Pardon? Who are you to come into my house and question me?" Mrs. Gina shot back. "Who am I?" Mrs. Juliet scoffed. "I'm very ashamed of you, woman. You have a young daughter about her size, and you choose to send her away in the middle of the night? And you could sleep so peacefully inside your room... How evil of you to be so heartless to another human's daughter, let alone your stepdaughter?" Mrs. Juliet's voice was cold, but Mia's school bus finally