Evelyn's POV
If Fiona had intended to frame me, she had, unintentionally, done me a favor.
Because after that exchange, I was no longer just another guest in the room—I had become a point of interest, a conversation worth initiating, and for the rest of the night, I found myself moving through an almost continuous stream of introductions, discussions, and negotiations, each one building incrementally upon the last.
People approached me not out of obligation, but curiosity.
Some out of genuine interest.
Some because they had seen the video.
And some, quite transparently, because they wanted to be associated with whatever momentum had just been created.
I leaned into all of it.
I spoke about WHR not as a charity, but as a system, as a structure, as something scalable and necessary, s
