Chapter 45: You Owe Me

"Please welcome our models!" Carmen's voice rang out as she turned to the left. Eight women in their early thirties, led by receptionists, stepped onto the stage. They weren't models in the usual sense. Their faces were ordinary, their bodies marked by the passage of time and childbirth. What caught Dante off guard was recognizing one of them, Natalie. The Hammond family matriarch's younger sister had somehow ended up among them. That was a surprise. When the eight women lined up shoulder to...