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At the company's annual gala, Abby lifted the microphone and asked at full volume, "I heard you were kept by some rich heir in college. How much did he pay you each month?" The room fell silent, every gaze snapping to me. I smiled, steady and unhurried, and took another microphone. "Yes. And that rich heir is your husband now." Abby's face turned chalk. Her husband Josiah, the company's most powerful investor, stood a short distance away with a glass of wine, watching me with an expression I couldn't quite decipher.