Immediately after Isabel returned to her seat, the room seemed to recalibrate itself at once. Conversations lowered into restrained murmurs, chairs shifted in slow coordination, and attention naturally gathered toward the cleared centre of the hall where the open space now carried a sense of preparation rather than emptiness. Diego, seated at a distance, exhaled subtly with relief, not because anything had been resolved, but because Isabel was no longer positioned directly beside Joseph and Rachel, softening the pressure that had been building around them since dinner began. A man in his mid-forties rose with unhurried authority from a seat near the front, his presence immediately organising the room’s attention without effort. He adjusted his stance, then spoke in a clear, controlled voice that carried across the hall, formally marking the transition into the next part of the evening. The live music adjusted almost instinctively to his timing, rising in gentle alignment as he announc
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