Serena felt uncomfortable, but she managed to say, [It's deleted now.]
[Good, good. Be careful, especially with the holidays around the corner. You don't want to give people a stick to beat you with." Martha felt relieved upon hearing that Serena deleted her comments.
[You know, it's fine to vent a little in private as long as your parents don't find out, but once you put it out there, it's like handing someone a knife. They get to decide when to stab you and how to twist it. It's like a ticking time bomb. You never know when it's going to blow up in your face.]
[I was careless.] admitted Serena, realizing that Martha had thought it through. Now she regretted the whole thing. She'd only dished out a few dozen insults at Rosemary, but Rosemary's fans had fired back with nearly a thousand. She had wasted so much time and energy clashing with them, and it hadn't done her any good at all.
Back at Reflections Villa, Edith greeted Rosemary with a loving smile.
