As Alessia lowers herself into a chair beside the wedding table, Veronica violently yanks the chair away.
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Chapter 18 - ALESSIA TAKES THE MIC
At twenty-eight, Alessia became vice chair of the Heritage Foundation.
Not because of the wedding.
Because she was good.
No automatic succession.
Independent vote.
I abstained from lobbying.
Helena thought I secretly arranged it.
I did not.
Then Alessia gave a speech at the annual gala.
No mention of Veronica.
No injury story.
She talked about separating heritage from entitlement.
“Preserving what our grandparents built does not require repeating how they governed.”
That line upset six elderly relatives.
Excellent.
Then she walked offstage without a brace.
May you like
I did not count steps.
Almost.
