Chapter 152: Not As It Seems

Diana "I should stop looking out the window if I were you." I turned around to find Roxanne grinning at me like an idiot. "I'm sure you have something to say, so why don't you go ahead and say it?" I said. "You would have never spoken to me like this before. What changed?" I shrugged. "Oh, come on, sister. Give me a few classes, a pointer or two." "You wouldn't understand even if I opened your brain and poured it in." She looked confused for a moment. "Good one," she said. "That defiance," she pointed at me, "is stupid and is going to get you killed." "I wish," I muttered. "If only it was that easy." She suddenly got angry and stomped over to me. "You are at my mercy now. And if you don't behave well enough, I'll convince him to kill you." "Hard pass." I shook my head. "And while I may be at someone's mercy, it's certainly not yours. Do you think I'm blind? I understand how power dynamics work, sister. You, along with whoever it is you work for, neither of you have the power o