IMP22

==Chapter 22 - Important People==
The Royal Palace
Tharkad City
Tharkad System
Lyran Commonwealth
September 3097
[Else where at the Archon's ball...]
"Do you know who she is, Koren?? Do you have any idea?"  Irena was a touch irate.
"No, not really. One of the peripherals I'd suspect." Hauptmann Koren Van Oosten idly poured a little vodka into her punch glass, "Is she your latest girlfriend?"
"She's not a lesbian, she's not even bi." Irena stated flatly, "So no, I'm not ****** her. In addition to being Elizabeth Ngo's daughter-"
"As I said, a peripheral." Koren snorted.
"-you bitch, you know what? Forget it." Irena snarled.  "You can't look past Father's prejudices."
"That's low, Irena." Koren said quietly, "Bringing up father like that!"
"You deserve it." Irena turned to examine the buffet.
"Can we go one night without fighting, Irena?" Koren asked.  "Mother worries about you."
Irena snorted "That's a laugh. When is she sober enough to worry about me?" she huffed.  "Tell her when she's sobered up that I'm fine!"
"Irena, Please!!" Koren said and there was a twist of desperation in her tone, "Please, Irena."
The younger Van Oosten girl paused, and turned around, "What?  Why do you want to talk to the blek shep now? I'm disinherited, haven't you heard?  A 'shame on the family'!"
"I...I didn't agree with that." Koren told her.  "What makes your friend so special?"
"She's my friend." Irena said.
"Ya, but..." Koren struggled to find the words.
"You don't understand, and I can't make you." Irena told her sister.  "Give my regards to our father, Koren, this was a mistake."  and she walked away, vanishing into the milling crowd.
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