Chapter 32: Naughty Little Kisses
Adriana
Mother’s party to celebrate my new role as lead dancer in Seraphine makes the Hilton sisters look like amateurs. After our little exchange yesterday, I have the feeling this night can only end one way ... disastrous. The world couldn’t get any more stranger than it has been lately, so I don’t consider the suddenness of her announcement about tonight’s gala to be strange. However, this is my mother and anything she does on a whim has an ulterior motive.
Mother has gone all out in decorating her Bellaggio home for my coming out celebration tonight. Blue and green streamers made of silk—the colors of my costume—are strewn throughout the living room. A bar is set up in the dining room and most of the guests stand outside in the backyard. The atmosph
