A Dream Interrupted, A Life Reclaimed

back into the room, closing the door softly behind her. The pretense

r voice dripping with condescension. She walked over to th

too exhausted and hear

n close. "That job was never going to be yours. Daniel m

naged to ask, my vo

gn himself with. My father can make his career. You? You're just a girl wi

designed to inflict max

tious' and 'driven.' He said it was cute at first, but a man like him needs a wife who

that's me. I understand power. I know how to use it. You sho

aniel is a rising star. I'm the councilman's daughter. Who do you think people ar

e wall behind her. I refused to give h

ed a reaction, a fight, tears. My stillness

tegrity. But integrity doesn't pay the bills. It doesn't get you a c

for you. You really thought Daniel loved you. You real

taking me to dinner to celebrate my first week at the

to be a little press conference tomorrow. Just to clear the air. Daniel thinks it

ion. Another public humiliation

composed himself, the mask of the concerned partne

honey?" he asked Che

im a sweet smile. "I was just try

ill hadn't processed what Chelsea had revealed in

rrow, you'll make a statement. You'll say it was all a misunderstandi

sking. He wa

e hallway outside interrupted hi