The Biker's Hidden Heiress novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: The Dress
Calla's POV
Mabel pinned my hair up with her mouth full of bobby pins.
"Hold still," she said. "You twitch like a cat at the vet."
"I'm not twitching."
"You're vibrating."
We were in the donor suite on nine, with the city going gold outside the window and the dress hanging on the closet door.
It was dark green silk with a low back, the one my father's lawyer had sent for from the Foundation's own stores, because it was the only gown in Knoxville nobody had seen me in.
The lawyer sat at the little table with a thumb drive between two fingers.
"This is the one," he said. "The raw file from the church livestream. The streaming company keeps the audio from every microphone, and Dorian wore a lapel mic for the cameras."
"He whispered into it," I said.
"I've heard it three times." He cleared his throat. "He says it very clearly."
"Can you play it in the ballroom?"
"The Foundation's technician is sitting in the booth."
"And the judge?"
"At table four, with the board chair. Both of them were invited by Dorian. Both of them will be looking at you."
"And the doctor?"
"Beside Dorian. Dressed as a guest."
"The technician has a copy already. He plays it when I give the signal." He pocketed the drive and took my hand in both of his.
"Your father would be very proud," he said, and his voice cracked.
Mabel sniffed loudly and stuck the last pin in my hair.
"I'm going to find the bathroom," she said, "and cry in it. Don't anybody follow me."
She took the lawyer by the elbow, and the door shut behind them.
Rafe stepped out of the corner.
He wore a black suit that Otis had found for him, too tight across the shoulders, with a white shirt open at the throat and no tie.
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