Chapter 6 - Mrs. Gable's SecretSecurity approached Vanessa.
She protested.
She shouted.
She demanded names.
But nobody listened.
As she was escorted away, Mrs. Gable reached for Clara's hand.
"Come with me."
Clara hesitated.
"Mrs. Gable, I should probably leave."
"Not yet."
There was something unusual in the old woman's voice.
Not fear.
Recognition.
Clara followed her into a quieter corridor.
The noise of the ballroom faded behind them.
Mrs. Gable sat beneath a large portrait of the Sterling family.
She studied Clara carefully.
"You remind me of someone."
Clara smiled faintly.
"I get that sometimes."
"No."
Mrs. Gable's fingers tightened around Clara's hand.
"I mean someone I knew a very long time ago."
Clara didn't know what to say.
Julian entered the room.
"Grandmother."
Mrs. Gable looked at him.
"Julian, I want you to listen to her."
He frowned.
"Why?"
The elderly woman glanced toward Clara.
"Because courage like hers doesn't appear by accident."
Clara felt a strange chill.
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She had come to the estate to serve champagne.
Now she was standing inside a family mystery she didn't understand.
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