A Wealthy Guest Slapped the Young Server for Defending a Disabled Boy — Then His Feared Father Stopped the Orchestra
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Chapter 7 - The Dramatic Version
Years later, people still told the dramatic version.
The lavish estate ballroom.
The chandeliers.
The marble floor.
The white roses.
Victoria Hale pulling Luca’s wheelchair away from the dance floor.
Keep him out of the pictures.
Elena stepping between them.
The raised hand.
The single slap.
Elena’s cheek turning red, her body staying between Victoria and the boy.
Don’t touch him again.
Elena kneeling beside Luca.
Would you like to dance?
I can’t.
I asked if you wanted to.
The orchestra stopping.
Dante Rossi raising one hand.
The guests turning silent.
Who struck the woman helping my son?
May you like
It sounded like revenge.
And yes, part of it was.
