The Glass Rose
was just a political stunt to raise taxes.
"Alessia Moretti, is that really you hiding behind that mask or am I just seeing things because I heard you were off in the mountains with that Valenti boy?" the woman asked, and I remembered her as a socialite named Claudia who used to spend her afternoons gossiping at the yacht club.
"I'm just back for the night because I couldn't miss a party at Bianca's and I wanted to see if the rumors about the wine cellar were true," I said as I gave her a fake smile and looked past her toward the VIP lounge where the Legacy Council members were gathered.