Noah smiled. "Good. Want something you'll like even more?" Zoey tilted her head and looked at him curiously. Noah gestured to Trevor. Trevor raised his hands and clapped. A burst of cheerful music suddenly came from the ballroom entrance. Everyone turned as a line of performers in colorful cartoon costumes filed into the ballroom in time with the music. They split into two rows and danced forward, flanking a Pink Fox mascot at the center. The entire ballroom instantly came alive. "Wow, it's that troupe! I thought they never accepted private bookings." "With Mr. Weston's connections, getting them here probably wasn't difficult." "This is extravagant. I've heard a single performance by this troupe costs several million dollars." The guests whispered among themselves, but Zoey was

