Chapter 44
Alera stared toward her right, to Farida. “Sobechi told you that she wouldn’t attend your engagement party? Did I hear that right?”
Farida sighed, eying the nail technician opposite her, painting the nails of her right hand a tan shade. She muttered, “I invited her and she declined to attend.”
“Na wa-o.” Alera shook her head. “That woman has gone too far.”
Farida shrugged. There was only so much she could do. She’d tried extending an olive branch but it had been rejected. From now on, she would give Sobechi her space. The number of those in support of her relationship with Kurt far outweighed the naysayers. Therefore, she had come to a decision: ignore Sobechi and everyone like her. On this beautiful, mild sunny afternoon, she was in the cool comfort of this nail salon with
