Anna's POV
Mummy takes a step closer to me, her eyes glinting with fury. “I dare you to repeat that again,” she threatens.
“Anna, please,” Piper whispers behind me, her voice trembling. “Say you're sorry.”
“Shut your mouth!” Mummy snaps at her, spinning around briefly. Piper recoils in silence. Then Mummy turns back to me, her face twisted with rage. “Seems to me you’ve suddenly gone mute. But mark my words—the next time you say something like that, I swear, you’re—”
“You’re old enough to be that child’s mother, yet you act like a child yourself,” I say, cutting her off without flinching.
Her eyes go wide in disbelief. “What?” she blurts, like she can’t believe I dared to speak.
“Anna, please stop,” Kate cries behind me. “You’re going to get all of us killed.”
Maybe I should stop.
