The hotel conference room where the press briefing was taking place was buzzing with energy by the time Mirabelle and Morris made their way through the doors.
Barely dressed for the occasion, Mirabelle had only spared a second to worry that they wouldn’t be allowed into the event, but it turned out that it was free for anyone to attend. Thank goodness, Mirabelle wasn’t sure what she would have done had some suited hotel security told her she couldn’t go in. She had to go in. She had to see and hear it with her own ears to believe it.
Her feet moving almost on autopilot, Mirabelle tried to take in what was happening around her. The bright, flashing lights of cameras assaulted her eyes as soon as they were through the doors. It was disorienting and added to the massive headache she felt p
