"And even now you continue to be in denial, lying through your teeth about your age!" What could have been a scolding was nothing more than a laugh. "It isn't very becoming, you know. You may look young but you certainly are not nine-hundred and three!"

The chiffon ruffles of her dress spun with her, almost like a pale flower blooming underneath the lights shining down on the dance floor. To where a dress instead of those stuffy, stiff Presidential robes was a relief.