The table was and the most unusual shape she had ever seen. It looked like a hexagon, but instead of having points, each spoke of the hexagon ended in an inward curve so that someone could pull up a chair and nestle into the nook. A tablecloth covered and six candelabras, with six candles each, set the tone for the room.
Seven other people sat at the table along with Sarah, each of them at the end of one of the spokes, except for the one spoke where Jessica Lodge sat beside another person, a man. Sarah sat along the side of the spoke nearest Jessica Lodge. She wore a white dress with long sleeves and a high collar. Her hair was pulled back tightly, in a bun, something she would never have chosen herself.
The others at the table were dressed in all black, in similar formal clothing. They
