“Brynn called me two hours ago, crying.” Noelle could barely get it out.
“She said Uncle Chester tried to fight the manager of the steakhouse because they wouldn’t let him in — he told them he was the head of the Kingsford family, and the manager told him the master account holder had left explicit instructions blocking his keycard.
That’s you.
He got turned away by name.”
“That does sound like Chester.”
“She says Aunt Adaline is sleeping with earplugs and a pillow over her head because the whole cabin shakes.
They tried to buy an upgrade and the ship’s sold out — they’re stuck down there three more days.” Noelle paused, and when she spoke again there was something careful under the laughter.
“They’re angry, Imogen.
Brynn said they’re talking about disowning you when they get home.”
I looked out at the dark water going all the way to the edge of the world, and I found the idea did not frighten me the way it would have a month ago.