"Julie, you've humiliated this family. The Hales have gone back on their agreement to call off the engagement. Now they're using these photos to force us to surrender thirty percent of our profit margin!"
My father slapped me across the face in fury while my mother covered her eyes and began to cry.
"How did this happen?"
Something about the situation felt wrong, so I took the photographs to Kyle.
I wanted to hear what he thought.
He looked just as confused as I was.
"You think someone connected to the Hales took these? I've never dealt with any of them. Your father was the one who contacted me in the first place. And while you were taking lessons, he specifically told the staff not to reveal your identity to anyone outside the club."
He asked, "So how would the Hales have known whe
