CHAPTER 26: INSULTS AND BROKEN TRUST

"You need to check the latest broadcast," Cecilia's voice cracked through the silence of the evening, her frustration boiling over as she paced her apartment. Her phone was pressed tightly to her ear, the other hand anxiously rubbing her temple as if that would calm her storming thoughts. "Broadcast? What broadcast, dear?" Tatiana's aged voice responded calmly from the other end, but there was a slight edge. She could always sense when Cecilia was about to let her emotions spiral out of control. Cecilia's eyes narrowed, and she stopped pacing. "The one about Veronica," she spat the name, her lip curling in disgust. "She's flaunting her position as the CEO again, and it feels like a slap in my face! She knows this is temporary, but she's acting like the whole world should bow down to her because she's in charge now." There was a pause. Cecilia could hear her grandmother's slow exhale, which only fanned the flames of her anger. Tatiana, no doubt, was taking her time to compose her tho