Rosa frowned. She could have easily snapped back, but she wasn’t going to waste her breath on a woman like Laura. She had more important things to do; she needed to finish up here and get to her lawyer's office, and she was already running behind schedule.
Steeling herself, she averted her eyes and found a sudden spark of strength. With her head held high, she walked right past them toward the patient accounts desk.
Laura and Francesca burned with humiliation when Rosa ignored them completely. It was as if they didn't even exist.
“You b***h!” Laura gritted her teeth, her face twisting with rage as she lunged toward Rosa, her quick steps reflecting her temper.
But Francesca grabbed her arm and yanked her back. “Don’t be a fool, Laura. Don’t do anything to provoke Luciano now. Let the we
