Chapter 46

The conference room was buzzing with restless energy – papers rustled, low whispers filled the air – and there, seated at the head of the table, Isabella was lost in deep thought about the final updates to her project. Her team, clearly full of excitement and the nervousness that sneaks up before something big, was watching and listening in a kind of anticipatory disarray. Then, suddenly, the door opened, and a sudden silence fell over everyone. In the doorway, Vincent Moreno – her husband – appeared in a form that normally carries the weight of an impending storm. She looked at him with surprise.