The Wright Queen
The plane took off, and the lights of New York City faded beneath us.
First, we went to London, where my mother owned an 18th-century manor. Then to Paris, to her apartment overlooking the Seine. Then Switzerland, where she had shares in a private bank.
Everywhere we went, I saw the true extent of her power. Politicians and tycoons treated her with a respect that bordered on fear. Even old European aristocrats treated her like royalty.
"Power isn't given to you, Isabella," she told me in a Monte Carlo casino as she played a hand of baccarat. "You take it. With intelligence, with ruthlessness, and with absolute cold."
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