“It’s none of your damn business!” Jasmine hollered.

Just at this moment, the elevator door opened. Jasmine put a foot forward and prepared to enter.

Joyce’s face darkened as she halted Jasmine. “Hold it right there!”

The other woman instinctively stopped and turned around. “What do you want?”

“What do I want? To settle the score, that’s what!” Joyce sneered while she helped Natalie to the side. “Stay here, Nat.”

Natalie understood her friend’s intent. She grunted and put a hand to the wall to support herself.

After ensuring Natalie was comfortable, Joyce let go and advanced towards Jasmine before sending a backhand across the latter’s cheek.

The resounding smack had Jasmine momentarily stunned before she brought up a hand to cradle her own face. She then stared with her eyes wide open. “You dare hit me?”

Natalie did not expect Joyce to go in so strongly. The crispness of the resultant sound was telling of how much force she put behind it.

“You betcha. If you dared to grease the floor outside the restroom to trip up Nat, why wouldn’t I dare to hit you.” Joyce snarled. She shook off her own hand as she felt the sting of that blow herself as well.

 

A hint of alarm flashed across Jasmine’s eyes but it settled just as quickly. “What proof do you have of this accusation?”

evidence is in her bag!” Natalie exclaimed as she fingered at the

 

action. She snatched the bag from Jasmine’s hands before the

Give it back!”

ignored her as she unzipped the clutch and emptied out

to retrieve a small bottle from the floor and dangled it in

dilated as her face turned pallid. She then reached out to try

deftly avoided her charge. “You want this? Not

flushed at being toyed with. She gritted her teeth as

Natalie shouted to warn her friend as she could

tossed the bottle of essential oil towards Natalie before rolling

they scratched at each other’s faces and pulled

saw the bloodied streaks left behind on Joyce’s face by Jasmine’s sharp claws, she panicked. “Joyce, stop fighting with

b*tch today, I’ll stop calling myself Joyce Rivers!” Joyce replied

worried Joyce would get seriously hurt so she moved away from the wall in

and fell forward the moment she lifted

the ground rushed up forebodingly towards her, an arm reached around and caught her by the waist

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