I came home early to find 20 guests dining while my wife and daughter scrubbed dishes with burned hands—then my daughter revealed what was hidden inside a locked drawer

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 of jealousy. But several women who’d attended the party began distancing themselves from Carmen after witnessing what happened that afternoon. One was the woman who’d demanded hibiscus continue reading …