'The thought that she didn't have a full grasp of the situation between Damien Valerius and Sean Carter made Joanna Jacobs feel a creeping unease, a sense of powerlessness, as if something was slipping from her control. It was a feeling that had begun the moment she laid eyes on Aurora Sterling, and now it seemed to have reached its peak.'
After they finished ordering, Yvonne Vaughn got up and went to the restroom.
At the table, only Aurora Sterling, Joanna Jacobs, and Sylvia Vaughn remained, staring at each other. No one spoke, and the atmosphere grew a little heavy.
Just then, the voices of three young women at the next table, a little too loud, drifted over. The three silent women couldn't help but overhear every detail of their conversation.
"My old man, Yang, got us this table. He knows the manager here, so getting a spot is just a matter of a single phone call for him." The one speaking was a girl with a cutesy voice, and she had a sweet and innocent look to match.
