The shop was empty.
Ruby hid the drug she had brought with her, looked around to make sure no one else was inside, and then walked in with a fake smile pasted across her face.
"Brianna, sweetheart, I just came by to see you. Business looks good."
Brianna was standing in the middle of the shop, seemingly admiring the new terrarium she had bought.
Then she slipped her hand inside.
A second later, Ruby saw what was moving in the glass and let out a scream.
Brianna withdrew her hand. A corn snake was coiled around her forearm, sliding over her skin.
The moment Brianna turned around, the snake lifted its head, found Ruby with eerie precision, and flicked its tongue at her.
"You keep a snake?"
Ruby had always been overbearing and vicious, and she loved throwing her weight around wheneve
