Gilded Hearts
The Beaumont, with this special event held at the top of a skyscraper, where the glass siding of this floor made it feel like the whole city lay beneath our feet.
Champagne flowed like water, the string quartet was raising a few eyebrows, and diamonds of all colors on display were competing with the glittering skyline of glass against glass.
My parents were in their element, my father, Michael Hayes, moving around the room like a senator, shaking hands, swinging smiles, and making promises of insipid value but treasured expense. My mother, Catherine, dressed in silk and pearls, took in the accolades of the women around who could only imagine a life like hers, jealous of her clothes, her posi
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