Rose sneered. "Sure."
"All I need is an apology." Her eyes gleamed, radiating the aura of a powerful queen.
Rose wanted to see if Giovanna could really afford it. "I was wrong just now. I shouldn't have said that to you. It was all my fault."
"And you need to apologize to my husband."
Rose's eyes widened. "Your husband isn't even here!"
"You have to apologize because you called him ugly."
Rose felt like she was about to explode, but she held it in and quickly finished her apology. "I've already apologized. Now give me the money. I'd like to see how you, Giovanna, can conjure up sixty thousand dollars."
Giovanna calmly admitted, "I didn't bring that much with me."
Rose shot up from her chair. "Did you all hear that? Giovanna tricked us!"
Amidst the uproar of curses, Giovanna turned
