In a lowered voice, Sharon added, "She's indeed not someone to be trifled with. Maybe we should go somewhere else to eat."
Even though Sharon felt aggrieved to leave the restaurant at another person's unreasonable demand, she was aware of Yasmine's status. Hence, she thought that if they could avoid offending such a person, they should actively prevent doing so.
"This is our table. Why should we leave or give it up?" Yolanda sipped her lemonade and ignored Karen completely.
"Didn't you hear what I just said?" Karen scoffed upon hearing what Yolanda said. "This is Ms. Judd's table. Get lost!"
This wasn't the first time Karen had encountered such a situation. However, no one was bold enough to offend Yasmine. Usually, they would let up the table politely. On the contrary, Yolanda and Sharon refused to do so and didn't seem to take the situation seriously. This enraged Karen to no end.
Yasmine had a foul temper. If she found that her table was still occupied when she arrived, she would likely take it out on Karen and deduct her salary.
Karen thought about that and decided to take even more drastic measures. "Do you still refuse to leave? Get the security to throw them out of the restaurant!"
"Hey, isn't this Yolanda?"
Tina and Sofie walked over leisurely.
Karen glanced at them and asked in a softened tone, "Do you know her?"
"Of course!" Sofie answered Karen's question, staring at Yolanda resentfully. She added, "She likes to throw her weight around because she's kind of rich. I feel like throwing up whenever I see her."
Yolanda caused Sofie to lose her job back at the fashion outlet, so she made Yolanda her number-one enemy since then.
"Oh. A nouveau riche, huh?" Karen gave Yolanda a meaningful look, finally understanding why Yolanda could behave so arrogantly.
It turned out that Yolanda had no idea how influential Yasmine was around here. Karen thought it was presumptuous of Yolanda to think that she could come to a high-end restaurant and pretend to be a young lady from a sophisticated family just because she happened to be somewhat wealthy.
To think that Yolanda dared to refuse to give Yasmine her seat when she didn't even come from a truly prominent family—Karen found Yolanda's actions laughable.
"She's too arrogant, Ms. Fulmouth. How dare she occupy the table specially reserved for Ms. Judd! You must teach her a lesson for such insolence!" Sofie suggested.
After Sofie lost her job, her family members helped her contact Yasmine through their connections. With some difficulty, she finally convinced Yasmine to meet with her. So, she brought Tina along to accompany her as she met up with Yasmine, whom Sofie hoped would give her a proper job.
Sofie didn't expect to run into her enemy, Yolanda, at the restaurant. She took in Karen's incensed expression and came up with an evil idea. This was a good chance for her to get rid of Yolanda, the eyesore, by invoking Yasmine's wrath.
If Yolanda offended Yasmine, she would no longer have a place in Riverdale.
With that, Sofie made up her mind and said to Karen, "After a busy day at work, Yarmine would be upset if she saw that someone was in her seat when she arrived."
"Like I need you to remind me about that!" Karen fumed.
Seconds and minutes ticked by, yet Yolanda and Sharon were still unwilling to leave.
Karen was starting to feel anxious. "Why isn't the security here yet?"
"Who's kicking up a fuss here?" Several uniformed security guards rushed over.
When they neared Yolanda and the others, they saw Karen and greeted her respectfully.
"Good day, Ms. Fulmouth!"
"Hello, Ms. Fulmouth!"
Yasmine was a frequent customer in this restaurant, so the staff working there recognized Karen.
"These two refuse to move away from Ms. Judd's regular seat. Take care of them!" Karen looked at Yolanda and Sharon like she was looking at garbage. The glare she shot them was full of disdain.
She urged, "Hurry up! If Ms. Judd arrives and sees that there are people in her seat, all of you will get into trouble as well."
"Understood!" the security guards replied.
They took Karen's words very seriously and reached out to grab Yolanda and Sharon.
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