Rose felt a bitter pang in her heart. She wondered whether her discovery of those forbidden secrets had been a blessing or a curse.

"I know exactly what to do, Ms. Nell. But are you really going to let Eliana revel in her triumph forever? They're already married," Rose said bitterly. She had come to despise Eliana, but sometimes the enemy of her enemy could be her ally. She hoped that Josephine might be the one to turn the tide.

"That position should have been mine. Eliana, that wretched woman, stole it from me. I won't let her get away with it. Soon, very soon, I'll make her taste the...