Roman arrived at the Harrington Foundation benefit at seven thirty and did not look for her.
He found Felix near the bar, took a drink, and stayed there for the first twenty minutes. The conversation was easy and unhurried, the kind Felix was good at producing, and Roman was actually in it. Listening to what Felix was saying. Responding to it. Letting it be a conversation rather than something to move through on the way to something else.
His lawyers found him at eight. He talked with Garrett about the Pryce update and with two board members about a portfolio matter that didn't require resolution tonight but was worth the informal exchange. He moved through the professional conversations with the presence that Priya had noticed and named and that he was still learning to trust as real ra
