CHAPTER 41

KATHERINE. It took me a couple of seconds to register what Poppy just did before my skin became aware of the cold liquid seeping through the dress and I glanced down at the wet spot on the royal blue dress… Lenore’s dress. ‘Oh my God.’ “Oh my God. I’m so sorry,” Poppy said in a rush, an apologetic look on her face like she accidentally did this, and she dropped her empty champagne glass on the table before grabbing a napkin. She proceeded to dab at the wet spot on the dress and it was then I realized that most of the people around us were staring. “I’m– Why’d you have to bump into me? You should have looked at where you were going.” A few snickers circled around and I saw that those who weren’t smiling were either staring at me with indifference or annoyance. I didn’t mind the indifference because that was exactly what I expected from people like this, but the annoyance… the annoyance got to me. It was like they felt ‘I’ was the one that caused the scene and I wasn’t worthy of the a