Chapter 28 - THE LAST VISIT TO THE OLD BALLROOM
Five years after the night Lena punched Victor, they returned to the Grandeur Hotel.
The ballroom had been renovated.
New chandeliers.
New marble.
New walls.
But Lena remembered everything.
She stood where the champagne glass had shattered.
Victor stood beside her.
“Do you regret it?”
She smiled.
“Punching you?”
“Yes.”
“No.”
He laughed.
“My jaw does.”
Lena touched his arm.
“I would do it again.”
Victor smiled.
“I know.”
They walked across the floor.
There was no fear now.
No locked doors.
No guards surrounding a frightened maid.
Only two people remembering the night their lives changed.
Victor stopped.
“You know what I remember most?”
“What?”
“You didn't look afraid.”
Lena shook her head.
“I was terrified.”
“You hid it well.”
“I didn't hide it.”
She smiled.
“I just had something more important to do.”
Victor nodded.
May you like
“That sounds like you.”
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