The Price of a False Hero

l buzzing about Ethan Miller' s shoc

cess his new chance at life, the wei

bossed with the Vanderbilt cres

sent it, a silent plea

premonition, ma

t ballroom, a sea of dia

strained, her eyes pleading. "M

ommotion near the grand stair

ed and triumphant, holding a smal

resonating through the suddenly silent room,

y a tearful Eleanor, gasped,

" he declared, holding up the box, "is the legenda

urs swept thro

desperate whisper. "Mr. Miller, can y

s overly confident smirk. He remembered

ould speak, Ch

said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Come to witness a

"Or perhaps you and these other so-called experts want to inspe

with renewed hope, lat

harlatans who offer nothing but doom and

impassive, hi

and seeking to further assert his d

ake this interesting, a public demonstration of true he

an, a malicious

-stakes bet, right here, right now

, then fell into

rbilt' s paralysis before you, Ethan Mill

, her mother Linda growing

publicly admit their inferiority and leave New York City

say, Miller? Or are you afraid to put your r

e anger he' d felt in his past life watch

o save Sarah, a way to expose Chad, and perhaps, a

d' s chall

your bet,

ake of breath fr

m and clear, "I will focus my efforts on

rself, Miller, choose your lost caus

for Bree warring with a fl

"You' ll lose, Ethan! Chad is

, his focus on th

ten days, the one whose patient sho

rupted in excited chatter, w

tlet was