The morning sun filtered through the gauzy curtains as Vienna stirred awake, her body still weary from yesterday's turmoil.

Her fingers reached for her phone on the nightstand, her heart beating a little faster with unease.

She opened the news apps one by one, hoping-perhaps fearing-to see a headline about the confrontation.

But there was nothing.

No breaking news, no scandalous gossip, no mention of Benita or Karen.

Just front-page stories about her engagement to Alan, praising the sudden ...