In the Fenwick home, Beryl paced back and forth. Robert had not returned since he stormed out, and she feared their last talk had pushed him to do something he might regret. Her first thought was that Robert had placed himself in danger.
Harper sat on the sidelines, upset that her father's disappearance had led her mother to call off the gathering. Now she was hearing of Amelia having a gathering of her own, and Harper was yet to receive an invitation.
None of the ladies whom Harper said were her friends reached out to learn why the gathering was no more. Harper suspected that they were all laughing at her. Mocking how she was yet again one of the few ladies to not host a gathering.
Why wouldn't they?
No one would have believed she would be able to host a gathering, and now her father made it certain.
This was Harper's time to show the other ladies that they were wrong, but her father blew it for her.
