Lily used to hate events like this.
After arriving to Europe, she never wanted to associate herself with a bunch of sycophants[1] who were all wearing masks and who only showed her what they wanted her to see. However, her grandmother had taught her that everyone wears their own masks. The only challenge is how to maintain these masks in times of crisis and change.
Her grandmother taught her how to create and adjust her own mask to hide her true intentions, but the most important thing that Lily learned from Lilian Facci was knowing how to wear her own mask with more skill than everyone else. And this… this is one of those moments when Lily needed to use everything that her grandmother had taught her.
This did not mean, however, that Lily would become one of those pretentious women who would act weak and scheme behind the scenes. No. Lily's mask would never be capable of hiding her blunt and bold style in dealing with the people who offended her.
