When the Queen Forgot
“Money should never be your concern.”
She always gave the same answer. “I know, Father. But I want to do this.”
He never argued. He simply smiled and told her not to overwork herself.
For Lana, the library had never been about money. The small salary barely covered personal expenses. What mattered was something else entirely, independence, quiet, and the comfort of being surrounded by books.
Books had always been her refuge.
Even as a child, when the Vitale estate still felt unfamiliar, she had spent hours in the library, a novel tucked beneath her arm. Words had become companions before people did.