They Chose the Daughter I Found, So I Called In Their Loans novel · Chapter 19 of 24

Chapter 19: The Ballroom

The Selwyn Seaport ballroom seats four hundred, and on the second Saturday of December every seat was taken.

I stood at the top of the grand staircase in a dark green gown my assistant had picked and hemmed herself.

I had a leather portfolio under my arm.

Gabriel stood on my right in black tie.

Gran was on his arm in a purple dress and a hat.

She was saying loudly that she'd never seen so many chandeliers in one place and none of them were clean.

Below us, the room turned its face up.

I watched the whisper move through the tables.

Embezzlement. The adopted one. The doctor.

The old treasurer stood at table four and lifted her glass to me.

The hospital board chair was beside her.

At table one, directly in front of the stage, a white-haired man with a cane sat very straight in a tuxedo.

His gray eyes were fixed on the stairs.

He nodded once.

I nodded back.

"Ready?" Gabriel said, very low.

"No."

"Good. Neither am I."

We went down.

Our housekeeper met me at the bottom in her good black dress.

My father had let her come as a guest, because Clary had asked.

She took my hand in both of hers and did not let go until I had to.

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