He Gave My Seat to His Sweetheart, So I Went Home and Said My Name novel · Chapter 13 of 24
Chapter 13: The Winter Ball
The Drake's ballroom doors stood open, and the hostess at the guest table looked up from her list.
Claudia's two assistants stood on either side of her, in matching black.
"Name?" the hostess asked.
"Marisa Pallotta."
The pen stopped.
"I'm sorry, I'm not sure I have."
"Table One," I said.
One of the assistants stepped forward and lowered her voice.
"Miss Pethick, Mrs. Kincaid asked us to tell you the list has changed."
"Did she?"
"We can have someone walk you back to your car."
Behind me, boots hit the marble in a slow, steady rhythm.
Nine men came through the lobby doors in dark overcoats, in single file.
Aurelio led them, with his cane tapping.
Massimo walked at my shoulder in a black dinner jacket, and he did not say a word.
The assistant's face went white.
She looked down at the guest list.
The first line named the hospital wing donor in small gold letters.
The Pallotta Family Trust.
"Table One," the hostess said faintly.
"Right this way, Miss Pallotta."
The room was already loud when we walked in.
It was a gold-and-white ballroom, with three hundred people at round tables and a string orchestra on a dais.
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