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Chapter 8

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The Ashford Foundation gala was held at the Victoria and Albert Museum — grand, gilded, dripping with old money and new power. Crystal chandeliers scattered light across marble floors. Women in couture drifted between champagne towers, their laughter a practiced melody. Men in…