Sylvia funded the educations of seven talented young men for years, treating them as brothers and expecting lifelong loyalty within her inner circle. Her world tilts when a deceitful newcomer orchestrates vicious rumors, turning all seven proteges against Sylvia until they publicly pledge their devotion to the schemer.
Heartbroken by their shallow gullibility, Sylvia severs all contact and cuts off their financial stipends without hesitation. At her subsequent birthday gala, she stuns society by announcing her engagement to a reclusive wheelchair-bound tycoon, leaving her seven former friends in agonizing remorse as the real truth emerges.
