Veiled Hostility

The dispute over the shares hadn't erupted into an open family argument, but Lily's attitude toward Sylvia at home had been one of thinly-veiled hostility, expressed through both subtle jabs and outright coldness.

Rosa and Nathan's father had repeatedly tried to talk sense into her, but Lily was stubborn and had already quarreled privately with various family members more than once.

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