The Becker Group and Wilson Group banquets were both scheduled for the same evening.
Same hotel, different floors.
Maggie and Johnny headed to the Wilson Group banquet first.
The moment Franklin heard they’d arrived, he came out to greet them personally.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Johnny waved him off. “Mr. Wilson, if you have things to attend to, please don’t let us keep you. No need to stand on
eremony.”
ranklin nodded. “Thank you for understanding, Mr. Gray. If either of you need anything, don’t hesitate to find me.”
He said a quick hello to Maggie and then went off to mingle with the other guests.
ranklin had stuck around their banquet for a good while the night before, so even though Maggie and Johnny didn’t particularly want to linger at the Wilson Group event, they stayed through the midpoint out of courtesy before heading upstairs to the Becker Group banquet.
When Harry spotted Maggie walk in, his face lit up almost instantly. “You made it.”
Sorry, Mr. Becker,” Johnny said. “We got caught up chatting downstairs. Didn’t mean to come so late.”
No worries at all,” Harry said warmly.
larry would’ve loved to pull Maggie aside for a real conversation, but the Becker Group banquet was packed, and he barely got a moment with her before etting pulled away.
Laggie and Johnny made their rounds, chatting with the other guests. After a while, Johnny glanced around the room, and something seemed to click. “Wait. ilia’s not here? It’s this late into the night and she hasn’t shown up to either the Wilson Group or the Becker Group banquet. Not once.”
low that Johnny mentioned it, Maggie realized he was right. They’d been at both events for a while now, and she hadn’t caught a single glimpse of Julia all
vening,
lonestly, she didn’t have much headspace for Julia’s business these days. She just said flatly, “Maybe something came up and she couldn’t get away. Or maybe he’s running late.”
What could possibly be keeping her?” Johnny said. “Her whole life’s mission is playing the perfect couple with Franklin. And even if Wilson Tech or Brown roup had something going on tonight too, you know how she is. She’d still make a point to swing by here at least once. There’s no way she’d be a complete
e show.”
hnny had a point, honesty.
Mayte slurs just fed up with something. Maggie said Could be she hasn’t made it over yet
shany figured that was pabalay it
either he nor Maggie could come up with any other explanation for why Julia had been absent from both the Wilson Group and Becker tireop light the only thing that made assar was that something justly ingestant was keeping bet away that was as far as either of theat took d.
omeone rise who was only now jacking up on Julia’s loss was levi
de had just made his way up to the Becker faroop longuet hall and couldny help asking Harry. “Hey, where fun night I do see her inst Did something happen?
terry hadn’t sent Julia an invitation, so her not showing up to los event want exactly a sulpuiss
What he hadn’t expected was that shed also skipped the Wilson Group banquet
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