The Planning

"Absolutely not." Henri crossed his arms and glared at me. "That's a terrible excuse."

"What do you mean?!" My voice was shrill, high pitched. "It's the most realistic excuse I can think of!" Panic was clawing at my throat. Henri just continued to glare at me. "Katarina liked being a heroine, it's realisitc!"

"Katarina wouldn't swoop in to save a random girl from her attacker." Henri rolled his eyes. "She'd pay the attacker to go for round two."

"How dare you!" I stood up with flair, skirts swishing and everything. "Katarina was a feminist, she would never abandon a young woman to suffer fate at the hands of a man!"

"She's right, you know." Moira agreed around her rose gold metal straw. "If there was something Kat hated it was patriarchal abuse of power. If Isabella says she was getting mugged and Katarina saved her, it's not that far fetched."