Chapter 13 Her Arrogance

(Thomas)

The sound of a woman’s scream cut through the crowd and everyone froze in their tracks. I hastily grabbed a hold of Jack’s arm and instructed him, “Get the party back to normal. I’ll go check and see what happened!”

Jack immediately gave the guests a warm smile and began an entertaining monologue. I shot through the lawn towards the building and skitted through the half-open doorway. Part-running and part-sliding across the floor, I caught sight of Sarah crumpled on the floor and Lydia standing over and staring down, irate but clearly befuddled.

“What happened?” I panted as I helped Sarah up.

“She – she pushed me,” Sarah whimpered, dusting off her dress.

And then she began to wail.

I looked over at Lydia. Her round, innocent face exhibited outraged confusion.

Sarah continued yowling in despair. I hushed her, “There are guests outside!”

I turned back towards Lydia. Her expressions had morphed into contempt. She held out a fist before I could speak.

Nodding, and silently plead