This gathering was organized by the wife of Vale City's Commerce Bureau Chief and Hailey was the one who had talked her into this. So, all the attendees were wives of entrepreneurs in Vale City, also known as the "upper crust."
Such private gatherings were quite common in this circle.
Rather than enhancing the camaraderie among entrepreneurs and fostering closer ties within the Vale City business community, it was more about showing off, comparing their businesses, husbands, children, cars, houses, clothes, looks, weight, and everything else that could be flaunted.
It was this kind of gathering that made women outside the circle green with envy. They would do anything to worm their way into any of the events as if entering this "circle" would make them part of Vale City's so-called e
