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After dinner, we lingered for a while in the dining room, sipping wine and letting Della tell us about the last time she attended a company event with her husband, many years ago. Her eyes went soft as she recounted the memory, and for a moment, I saw her not just as the stern housekeeper, but as a woman who’d lived and loved deeply. This was the first time she was bringing up her husband, I never even knew that she was married to someone. Later that night, I carried the dress upstairs like it was made of spun glass. Evelyn followed behind me, still gushing about it, and we ended up laying it out on the bed, just staring at it like it might disappear if we blinked.

"You're going to do nothing. About your wife. About your prisoner. About the fact that you're sitting on the floor of a hallway at midnight like a pup who lost his first fight." I don't answer. Because what is there to say? He's right. I've done nothing. I've been doing nothing for months, reacting, destroying, lashing out at anyone who gets close. There's no strategy here. No plan. Just the slow, inexorable unraveling of a man who never learned how to hold onto anything good. Dorian stands. Walks a few paces away. Then turns back to face me, his arms crossed over his chest. "You know," he says, and something in his tone has shifted. Sharper. Edgier.

He thought about Adela McCarthy, the woman who broke his heart. ___ Della made her way to the Levetté company, the building was huge. It hadn't changed a bit. It intimidated her, everyone seemed to be dressed all professional while she was in a sun dress and flats... her hair tied in a high bun. Jeanine had called her for a meeting, she mentioned it being very important. She didn't know how she had managed to get her number or what but how—

Because it represented something good. … I was still lost in thought when the doorbell rang. Thinking Miles had returned, I quickly rushed to the closet and changed into a simple yet elegant dress. Just as I was about to fix my messy hair, a commotion broke out outside. I froze. It wasn’t Miles. Still clutching my hairbrush, I stepped out of my room. At the front door stood Chloe, her presence immediately souring the atmosphere. Dolly blocked the doorway, her expression dark with irritation.

Soon enough, they arrived, and she stepped out, offering Marco only a slight smile in thanks. Inside, Helen and Ruby were already there. The blinds were drawn, the interior dim, adding a comforting layer of privacy. Delilah took a seat, intending to catch up with them, but the sound of the café door swinging open caught her off guard. She looked up, seeing the figure of Mrs. Doris framed in the doorway, her face twisted into a barely suppressed scowl. Delilah tensed, already bracing herself. Helen quickly closed the door behind Mrs. Doris and exchanged a quick glance with Ruby.

Delaware was the key to making that happen. The door swung open, and Darla’s heart jolted, a sudden spike of nerves coursing through her. She straightened her back instinctively, smoothing invisible wrinkles from her suit as the man walked in. She had expected someone older—gray hairs, maybe a bit of a belly from too many business dinners and expensive whiskey. But the man who entered shattered that expectation effortlessly.

I mean nothing, I replied. Wait , you haven't even told me what transpired between you and Endrick that day and you promised to tell me ,huh. Ah! Sandra, let's focus on what we are doing, can we please? Look at them, just look at them, instead of you being busy with your work you are chatting during work time. She lamented. Sandra quickly became silent as soon as she spotted Mrs Clinton. I turned up all the documents that were present on the table,as if I had been busy all day. I don't even know how you got this job, she exclaimed, as her eyes were set on me and Sandra.

They were like two quiet little ghosts that showed up out of nowhere every dang time she was supposed to go somewhere. The weary Della suddenly felt a shock wave of life flow through her, as she understood that it was time to go. Della stared the head maid defiantly in her eyes and raised her elbows for the elaborately dressed young maids to lock arms with her. 'Showtime' Della thought, as she took her first step toward the door.

Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one; there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect, by contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest patents; there any unwelcome sensations, arising from domestic affairs changed naturally into pity and contempt as he turned over the almost endless creations of the last century; and there, if every other leaf were powerless, he could read his own history with an interest which never failed. This was the page at which the favourite volume always opened:

I smoothed my dress, trying to calm the fluttering in my chest. The first arrivals were announced with a horn that echoed across the clearing. My father stood tall at the head of our clan’s warriors, his broad shoulders squared as he welcomed the guests with the formality of an Alpha hosting others on sacred ground. The wolves of the neighboring clan entered first, their chief bowing respectfully before exchanging words with my father. I watched from the sidelines, feeling like a spectator in my own life. Every clan that entered brought more weight to the night, each new face a reminder of the significance of this gathering. And yet, my mind kept drifting to one thought, one presence that ha