Chapter 48 Something On The News

• Few weeks Later
• The gala hall was alive with the sparkle of luxury, reporters mingling with socialites, all eyes on the glittering figures in the crowd. Ava stood apart, observing the spectacle with a quiet unease. This wasn't her world. The flashing cameras, the whispers behind delicate fan-shaped hands, the ostentatious displays of wealth-it all felt so foreign to her.
• But Linda... Linda was in her element.