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CHAPTER ELEVENTHE CHARITY GALAIt’s strange, really, how quickly your world can fall apart. One moment, you’re standing on solid ground, the perfect life you’ve spent years molding resting in your hands. And the next? It all crumbles.All it takes is one fucking tiny crack. One moment of weakness, one betrayal, and the illusion shatters like glass underfoot.The charity gala is still going according to plan. The chandeliers glitter above us like nothing’s wrong. I’ve already delivered my speech with the kind of poise that wins headlines and admiration. Now, I stand off to the side, draining one champagne flute after another, my gaze locked on the stage where Mark and his father speak to the crowd, charismatic smiles perfectly rehearsed.Just a few feet back, Evelyn hovers, so poised, professional, and just distant enough to keep up appearances. Dressed in an emerald green pantsuit that matches the color scheme I picked. If I didn’t know the truth, she might’ve fooled me too.“You mig