#Chapter 250: Like a Saint

Audrey The charity gala was underway, and everything was exactly as we planned. Round tables were covered with white and silver tablecloths, glittering candles flickered on every surface, dim lighting creating an almost hazy atmosphere. Edwin and I sat at a table near the front of the banquet, flanked by Peter and my mother. Eliza had opted out of coming so she could care for Joseph. My friends had places at the table as well, but they were nowhere to be found—last I had heard, Tina had pulled them all away for shots at the bar, so that they could “drown out all these stuffy socialites.” I didn’t join them. My mind was still too busy being stuck on everything that had happened today, everything that I had seen in that little boy’s memories. To think that we were here, drinking champagne and eating cake while children—children—were locked up in a factory somewhere… “Hey.” Edwin leaned close and gently touched my hand, a gesture that a nearby photograp