CHAPTER 8:
TAUNTING
Climbing the few steps to the church and walking through the heavy red door on Saturday, Bella smelled incense mixed with women’s perfume. She wondered why women who were learning Tai Chi would be wearing perfume when they’d be exerting themselves during the class. The atmosphere inside the church was fresh and noisy. She nodded to a few of the students then started her warm-up exercises.
As she was breathing in and out, eyes closed, she remembered that Claudia had failed to contact her within the scheduled few days. She was relieved that she would never work with Claudia again. She hadn’t changed, and probably never would. There had to be more to it. Claudia normally had an ulterior motive to everything. She wore a mask that showed what others wanted from her, but i
