It wasn't a Q&A session, but the host immediately invited him to stand and speak.
"So, I don't see the lead doctor from the Amethyst Foundation," he said. "Isn't it highly unprofessional not to attend the opening event, the very first meeting with the patients? Does being a so-called genius mean he can do whatever he wants? Or perhaps he thinks an event like this is beneath his level?"
He asked with a mocking expression, like a smug rooster strutting on an empty farm, loud and convinced the world existed just to watch him crow.
I crumpled the cue card in my grip as I listened to Roman's words. How dare he use Rafael's absence to mock him like that?
Then a spark of mischief crept into my mind, sharp and deliberate, urging me to answer his ridiculous question with a speech I already prepared.
I drew in a breath and let it out slowly.
