Bad Timing (Ruby Version) (Patreon)

[Alternate Text: A header image of a stack of sheet music in low lighting. Pages are scattered around haphazardly with different titles/notes peeking out. The title of this writing is: 'Bad Timing' in white font with a black border to resemble the nearby musical notes.]

Flowing, classical music guides your steps to the ballroom as the sophisticated quartet plays  another score that's a backdrop for socializing.

Gossip, deals, machinations, veiled insults.

Just as there are notes on the sheet music, you're aware of the darker elements of these events. Ruby warned you. They aren't all…

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You'll select if C is Charles or Charlene within the writing by 'jumping' to their section. I gently suggest re-reading 'Not a White Christmas' before this writing. I'll link Ruby's Version: here. It ties into what happens at the start.

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