Chapter ElevenTWO WEEKS OF GALA PREPARATION at the embassy had left little time for Maggie to do much real work at Bella Bella. She felt bad for Jelly, but she was sure her friend realized how important this opportunity was to her, and she would make it up to Jelly somehow. Maybe once this gala was over, they'd go out on the town. Maybe she and Valéry could convince Jelly and Gerard to finally step out together.
She and Valéry had certainly been spending a lot of lunch and dinner time together, bouncing from one fancy restaurant to the next. It was fun—Valéry seemed to know every waiter in the city—but it was getting a little tiring. Sometimes she wished they'd just sit on a park bench somewhere and split a hot dog, but she knew he'd never go for that. Besides, which wine goes with hot do
