Holly pulled herself from Violet’s presence and onto the small fraction of red carpet set for guests to arrive upon. She looked around and noticed stuffed shirts and heiresses intertwined while walking into the large hotel while she entered alone. Part of her believed that perhaps this had been done to embarrass her as she would then be asked to leave. The thought had made her turn on her heels and bump into a woman behind her who scoffed in disbelief that she had been touched so carelessly before her eyes moved up to a familiar figure in the close distance. She found him at home with his classic black and white tuxedo and slicked back hair that gave him the appearance of a true gentleman. I suppose in some ways he had been, but she knew the depraved way he liked to treat women, and that m
