The day of the Gala, Ronnie went through a similar ritual as her first day there. Alina and the two young women arrived shortly after lunch, and primped and preened her. She then had an argument about the dress she wanted to wear. The one she had ordered had arrived that morning. It was a long dress, but it didn't have sleeves and that seemed to be the problem.
"Unwed ladies cannot wear such things," Alina explained.
Ronnie frowned. "What? I bought it here.”
"It shows too much flesh."
"This place really sucks, you know that, right?" She threw her hands up in the air. She allowed them to put her in the dress Alina had chosen. Ronnie begrudgingly admitted it was very beautiful. It had a high, wide slit of a neck line so that you could see the top of her shoulder and decolletage. She tho
