The next day, Emily woke up early and went to the mall where they would be launching Steam for the first time in Kay. Emily never wanted to handle any public event. She tried to stay hidden and unnoticed.
The more Gabriel appeared before people, the more the success of Steam would be related to him. This way, Gabriel would be the target of the enemy.
She did not feel guilty using him as her shroud; at best, the people targeting him would want to pull him from Steam to their company. ABM would try to use him as a spy so no danger would come to him.
But Emily had to come to the launch to give Samuel a face. Moreover, people would feel that Steam launch was all because of Samuel. Although Samuel helped with the paperwork, if Steam did not have a good proposal for the retail sellers, she would not have been able to sign a trail contract with the five biggest distributors in Kay.