Alex snorted. “I’m not. It was the best cake I’ve ever had.”
The backdrop was the Royal Wedding of the year. The crime scene: a forgotten linen closet off the main gallery. Red- White Royal Blue
Now, that laugh was being parsed by geopolitics experts on CNN. Alex snorted
Zahra, the White House Communications Director, typed furiously on her tablet. “The Palace is apoplectic. They’re demanding a joint statement clarifying the ‘spontaneous and regrettable physical altercation.’ They want to frame it as a harmless scuffle.” The crime scene: a forgotten linen closet off
“The cake is not the issue, Alex.” She finally looked up. Her eyes were tired. “The issue is that for six seconds, the world saw the First Son of the United States looking at a British prince like he was the last helicopter out of Saigon.”
The question hung between them, red, white, and blue. A flag of their own making.
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