Chapter 13 - THE LITTLE GIRL WHO ONCE STOPPED THE WEDDING WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED THE MUSIC
Ten years after Mia screamed “Don’t marry her!” in rain, the Bedford estate hosted another October gathering.
Not engagement.
Anna Vale Fellowship anniversary perhaps.
Damian 47.
Vivien around 40.
Mia 13.
Rosa successful hotel GM maybe.
Emma 7.
Thomas 75.
Event celebrates 10th anniversary of truth coming out, scholarship recipients, etc.
The greenhouse restored and open. Bluebird tile remains.
Family/colleagues.
Cole Industries renamed? Keep name but true history. Damian maybe no longer executive chair, just major shareholder. He spends more family time and foundation governance. Priya CEO.
Thomas has mellowed.
Julian? finished sentence, lives privately, not at event. Peter no family governance. Damian maintains minimal contact with Julian maybe letters. Could be accurate.
Mia is 13 and wants to be journalist? She jokes she started investigative career at 3. Great. She speaks at event perhaps scholarship youth essay. Her initial observation changed everything, but Damian stresses not burden.
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Happy ending: Vivien and Damian strong marriage, Emma, Rosa career. They revisit rain moment. Mia asks "Did I really say don't marry her?" They laugh. Then music starts and Damian/Vivien dance. Maybe Mia, who once stopped wedding, now starts music as DJ/piano? "started the music" nice. She plays violin? She could have taken violin after hearing quartet? Let's say she plays cello? But title. Maybe she has become violinist at school and opens event with quartet. Better.
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