One aunt told me a good son forgives everything.
A cousin accused Jessica of manipulating me.
I didn’t respond.
Instead, I uploaded one video to the family group chat.
It showed Jessica on her knees while Carmen stood behind the camera mocking her.
I wrote nothing.
For nearly a minute, the group remained completely silent.
Then people began leaving.
Justin stopped calling.
My cousin deleted her earlier messages.
And Carmen eventually returned to her empty Baltimore home.
At first, she told relatives Jessica had thrown her out because of jealousy.
But several women who had attended the party began distancing themselves from Carmen after witnessing what happened that afternoon.
One was the woman who had demanded hibiscus tea.
She eventually called Jessica.
“I saw terrible things happening in that apartment and I foolishly chose to pretend everything was fine, and I am deeply ashamed of myself,” the woman confessed over the phone.
