Julianna stood in midst of the laughter and music as people talked and danced. She smiled and greeted Richard as he walked into her home, "Hello Richard how have things been?" She asked as he handed her a glass of wine.<br/>She heard someone whisper about how Julianna shouldn't be the magistrate. She just shrugged it off and kept smiling. She didn't care, Julianna was the first woman magistrate this town had ever had, and she had made this town so much better. If the only price she had to pay were the whispers and judgmental looks she would take it.<br/>Julianna was going to prove that she was better than any man that had been in her situation.