Chapter 54: Yvonne

Friday. Tech Conference, Kyoto, Japan.

YVONNE SAT ON THE floor of her friend's bathroom, her face pressed up against the tile wall to cool her heated skin.

She could not be sick.

The keynote address was in an hour. She'd fought tooth and nail with Theodore about allowing her take part in it. Right now she was one third of the family equation with Theodore and Dad behind the company. She would not be cut out of this opportunity.

Heels clicked on the tile. Her best friend Tabby Grissler came to a stop across the spacious bathroom, face creased in concern. She was a beautiful woman, far more socially poised than Yvonne. They'd been thrown together at a young age since their families were peers, not competitors. The Grissler companies were all about things that flew, planes, guidance systems. With the lack of competition between them, Tabby had grown to be one of the few women Yvonne could be completely open with. They might be utterly dissimilar-Tabby partied, Yvonne didn't; Ta