Here is the revised trantion, closely aligned with the original Chinese text,


    reflecting the nuances, rtionships, and cultural context, and polished for fluent, natural American English:


    Antonia had always been the apple of the family''s eye. When the news broke, rtives flooded her with questions, wanting to know what had happened, then offered words offort.


    "How could Antonia not be the lead? Wasn''t it already settled that she''d get the part? The production team is way out of line. Maybe I should go talk to them."


    "This is just too much! I looked up that Ynda—she looks so androgynous, nowhere near as pretty as Antonia. Are the directors blind?"


    "Could the production have made a mistake? Didn''t we already treat them to dinner before? Maybe someone should go ask what''s going on. Antonia''s really been wronged."


    “Hey, I just looked up the production crew. The screenwriter for Letters from Yesterday is Amara, Emma''s former daughter-inw. Word is, there''s serious bad blood between them. Maybe Amara found out about Antonia''s connection to Emma and that''s why Antonia got dropped."


    As soon as this was said, the conversation shifted to the feud between Amara and Emma.


    Everyone agreed: Antonia had already been confirmed, so the sudden switch couldn''t be because of anything she''d done. Antonia was a great kid-how could anyone have a problem with her?


    So, it had to be because Amara had issues with Emma and took it out on Antonia.


    The criticism gradually turned toward Emma, ming her for not having kept a good rtionship with Amara. Now, because of Emma, Antonia''s future was being sabotaged. What a mess.


    Reading thesements, Emma was furious.


    Although she got along well with Antonia and her parents, her rtionship with the rest of the Everly family was far from cordial.


    When she first married into the Everly family, she''d been showy and arrogant, and had rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.


    Later, as Andrew cheated on her repeatedly and she feuded publicly with his mistresses, she became a source of embarrassment to the family peopleughed at her behind her back. She''d even gotten into fights with some of them, and over time, their rtionships just got worse.


    Emma fired off a message: "The screenwriter doesn''t have the authority to decide who ys the female lead Antonia being reced has nothing to do with me. Antonia, don''t listen to their nonsense."


    She tagged Antonia in the post.


    Normally, Antonia would havee forward to say a few words to her—after all, the two of them usually got along well.


    But this time, Antonia stayed silent, obviously upset. Seeing this, Emma was even more frustrated, and her resentment toward Amara hit a new high.


    No wonder Amara had pulled out that knife and told her to think about what she''d said—this is what she''d been waiting for! That little witch was truly hateful!


    Emma wanted to go confront Amara, but hesitated, unsure if she should.


    Just then, her phone buzzed-Edith was calling.


    Emma had tried to reach Edith several times before, but Edith hadn''t responded. This time, Fath was the one calling her. Emma''s lips curled into a small, satisfiedSmile as she answered.


    After some brief small talk, Edith asked, "Are you free to meet up?"


    Emma smiled. "Sure."


    A little after four that afternoon, Amara received a text from Edith, saying she wanted


    to meet and asking her toe to the WestWinter Group offices.