An Obstacle In Disguise

Immediately they approached the venue of the event of the evening heads turned as they walked to the ballroom and eyes followed Brett.

Slowly, he slipped into that business-like facial feature that always made Daisy feel like a big wedge had been pushed between them. She got a nervous twitch from all the attention he garnered, but he seemed oblivious and completely unruffled.

He was pretty much mobbed the moment they stopped walking. Feeling uneasy, Daisy stepped away to make room for those vying to catch Brett's attention and wandered off to find some champagne. Lex and Gibson had done the pro bono advertising for the event, so she spotted a few people she knew.

As she managed to snag a glass off a passing waiter’s tray, she heard someone call out her name. Turning, she saw Armstrong, her high school mate that she had somehow discovered she was also related to, when her mother said so. In order to make her understand better, her mother had to sketch her maternal tree and she saw A