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Chapter 7: Public Humiliation

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The Mandarin Oriental ballroom is exactly the kind of place where Manhattan's elite come to pretend they care about charity.

Crystal chandeliers. Champagne towers. Women in gowns that cost more than most people's annual salary. Men in tuxedos discussing deals that'll make or break companies before dessert is served.

I'm wearing Valentino. Red. The kind of red that makes people look twice. The kind that says I belong here, that I've always belonged here, that I wasn't serving these same people a
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