"How could you even think of this, Jessica?" Emma exclaimed, her voice rising in a mixture of shock and despair as the weight of betrayal settled heavily upon her.
"Emma, you're making a terrible mistake; just listen," Jessica pleaded, the words tumbling out in a desperate bid for her to be listened to.
But Emma was furious, unable to calm down as long as the thought that Jessica might do such a thing was tearing her apart. "Or are you telling me that I am blind, that I somehow managed to miss the calculating gleam in your eye, the deliberate steps to get Robert hurt?" she yelled.
Jessica's eyes had dilated in desperation, her face chiseled with anguish. "Emma, you must understand, it isn't what you think, I'm not capable of such cruelty," she begged.
But Emma's words flowed in an unre
