Undercover Hearts
His jaw flexes, and I know he’s cataloging every word like it’s evidence.
Onscreen, Elena lets the lawyer play his part, but she knows exactly where the cameras are. Every time a lens tilts, she turns fractionally, her smile soft, eyes wide. Vulnerable. Almost saintly. If I didn’t know her, if I hadn’t heard Marrin spill her secrets in that grim little safehouse, I might almost buy it.
But then the newsfeed cuts to B-roll. Clips of her Platinum soirées, sequined gowns, champagne towers reaching for chandeliers. Footage of her walking red carpets with politicians and bankers whose names are now scorched earth in my articles.
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