He Thought I'd Forget novel · Chapter 26 of 32
Chapter 26: The Gala
Inside the envelope was a seat card for table one, front and center.
Under it, a note in Byron's square printing.
I saved you the best seat. Wear something soft. B.
I wore dark green.
Jeanine found the dress at a consignment shop and took it in at two in the morning.
She did my hair at the salon at five, with the women supervising from the dryer chairs.
"You look like a person who sues people," the woman with the foils said.
"That's the look," said Jeanine.
Clark picked us up in a navy suit that fit him across the shoulders.
He stood on the salon step and didn't say anything until Jeanine snapped her fingers in his face.
"Say a word," she said. "Any word."
"Wow," Clark said.
"Good enough."
The ballroom was downtown, under six chandeliers.
Three hundred neurologists in black tie sat at round tables with white flowers on them.
A screen as wide as a house hung behind the stage.
On it, five feet tall, was the photo from his first book.
Me, from behind, in a white nightgown at a window.
At table one, a man in a bow tie stood up when I sat down.
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