Elena slipped an aphrodisiac into Josephine's cup when Josephine wasn't looking.
"Here, have some water, Josephine." Elena offered the cup.
"Mom!" Josephine stomped her foot in frustration. It was obvious with the water in the cup fizzing away.
"Josephine, either you sleep with Mr. Anderson today, or I'll kill myself right here!" Elena declared desperately, pressing a pair of scissors against her own neck.
Elena's face contorted with a manic determination, her knuckles bloodless around the scissors' handle as the blade pressed against her skin. Her eyes blazed with an unhinged intensity as if she'd completely lost her grip on reality.
"Mom, stop! Put the scissors down!" Josephine cried out, her face draining of color at her mother's shocking behavior.
"Come on, babe!" Benjamin lunged
