Chapter 55: Mr. Baron and Mrs. Brewsley (The End)

One year later. The flashbulbs were a blizzard of light, a relentless, strobing storm that Micah Baron now navigated with the ease of a seasoned sailor. A year ago, this level of attention would have felt like an assault. Tonight, it felt like confirmation. He kept a steady hand on the small of his wife’s back, guiding her through the sea of reporters and photographers that parted before them like a digital wave. Eileen Brewsley—or Mrs. Brewsley-Baron, as some of the more daring publications...