Her first impulse was to react first. But she waited. Waited for Jessamine to keep going and yapping like a little animal. All the while, her glare was becoming dangerously colder. Upon certainty that Jessamine was finished putting her foot all the way in her mouth, Liliana was across the room before Jessamine could even react to give a good and proper smack across said mouth.

"First. Do not ever address me as Selwyn, bastard, or any other colorful name that you and your little friends at Hogwarts have deemed fit to place upon me. I have married your brother whether you like it or not, I am Mrs. Parkinson first and foremost. Sister may be too hard, Liliana too informal, but you will show me an ounce of respect. Second. You know exactly what performance that I am referring to. You should be ashamed of yourself."