HER TOP PRIORITY

Halle's body stilled and her breathing quietened as Martha’s voice had her feet rooted to the spot.

At first she thought she might’ve mistaken someone else's voice for Martha’s.

“Well, that wouldn’t have been the case if Horacio was doing his job properly!” Andrea said with an exasperated sigh, sounding like a woman who things weren’t going her way.

Were they…speaking about Xavier’s health?

“Horacio is doing the best he can to make sure he isn’t suspected, it has to look natural or else Xavier is going to catch on and everything I have planned in the past three years will be for naught,” Martha aggrieved, “Then he’s going to have both our heads on a platter!”

“That can’t happen!” Andrea said. Anna heard shuffling, like the woman began to pace due to her nervousness.

“Then you have to do your part!” Martha hissed, the tone of her voice unlike what Halle had grown used to.

There was no regality or warmth, just pure venom and hatred. Halle knew she shouldn’t have stood there for a