Amelia Johnson had already seen this coming, but she still pretended to seek Grace Williams' help. “Auntie, you’re close with those ladies, right? Especially the mayor’s wife. If you talk to her, I bet she’d be willing to help me out, right?”
Grace forced a laugh. All that bragging she did before was just to save face—truth is, the mayor’s wife probably didn’t even know who she was.
“Mm-hmm, sure, I’ll give it a shot.”
Amelia beamed. “Thank you so much, Auntie!”
“It’s nothing. Anyway, you go now. I have something to talk about with Sabrina.” Grace waved Amelia off, then immediately started plotting with her daughter on how to humiliate her.
Mother and daughter were full of dirty tricks—half an hour and they already had their plan locked down.
“Achoo!” Amelia sneezed, qu
