GABE’S POV

What kind of woman wears an orange dress to an event like this? I’d seen some dare to wear dark green, almost black, but orange? Never in my life had I seen a woman in an orange dress, especially one like hers: loose, with long, colorful sleeves and ruffles at the hem. And the shoes? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, she wore knee-high, glittering blue boots, the sliver of leg between the dress and boots revealing she hadn’t seen the sun in ages.

The wallflower wasn’t as bland, ...