Chapter 349

• Victoria always had the kind of presence that made a room go quiet when she entered. Even now, surrounded by towering floral arrangements and gilded paneling, her eyes were sharper than ever like she could read every unspoken word with a glance. She didn’t miss a thing.
• Especially not her sister Helen’s sour mood.
• After Rafael and I wrapped up our formal greetings with the board’s senior members what the inner circle liked to call “paying respects” Victoria pulled Helen and her assistant Gillian aside for a private conversation in one of the executive lounges.