Chapter 411

• "Sophia!"
• Sophia turned to her name being called, blinking herself out of her trance and seeing Elise approaching her.
• "God, you're a hard woman to find in a room filled with snobby rich people. Listen-" Elise followed Sophia's line of sight, seeing her mother clasped by the hand of a little boy, staring at Sophia without a single breath in her lungs to breathe out from across the crowded room. "Oh," Elise smiled. "Well, it would seem someone else already beat me to the job. So what do you think of the dress? I helped her pick it out."