Adeline met her gaze evenly.
"Only I know how much I suffered. People were pointing fingers, calling me names, and giving me disgusting looks. You ruined my morning and tried to destroy my reputation. Asking for the minimum compensation isn't wrong."
The crowd murmured in agreement.
"She's right, miss you were the one who was wrong in the first place."
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Pay her."
"You caused the mess, take responsibility."
Tanya felt her legs weaken under the weight of so many disapproving stares.
Humiliation burned her cheeks, but she forced herself to stay composed.
In the end, she transferred the additional three thousand dollars with trembling fingers, her mind boiling with resentment.
'I'll get this money back,' she swore internally. 'One day, I'll return this humiliation tenfold.'
But beneath her anger lurked something else: unease. Nothing about this encounter had gone according to her investigation.
