The toxin Sophia used was tasteless, odorless, and nearly impossible to detect. And so the frail and trusting Cherry continued to grow weaker each day.
Sophia felt nothing but contempt as she watched her. To her, Cherry was pitiful: treating the very person who was slowly killing her as a savior. It was as if Sophia had already sold her, yet Cherry was still smiling, still helping her count the money from her own betrayal.
'They can only blame themselves for being blind and too trusting. Why is the world even so unfair, giving this stupid girl a better life than I have?!' Sophia grumbled inside her heart while keeping her kind smile directed at Cherry.
