Juliette's Point of View
The moment Charlotte saw her mother arrive, her entire demeanor changed.
She ran to Diana, tears streaming down her face, and hid behind her skirts like a frightened child.
"Mother!" she wailed. "They're being so cruel to me! Aunt Juliette and Isabelle ganged up on me! They bullied me!"
Diana's expression hardened. She wrapped a protective arm around her daughter and glared at me with undisguised hostility.
"I see exactly what happened here," Diana said coldly. "My poor daughter, attacked by two people at once. And you." She turned her venomous gaze to Isabelle, who shrank back. "I always knew you were a troublemaker. Just like your mother."
"That's not what happened," I said calmly.
"Of course you would say that. You've been trying to undermine this family
