Chapter 4

"That's very kind of you, ma'am, but I wouldn't want to impose.""Nonsense." Victoria waved her hand. "You've been cleaning this house for three years. You deserve a night off. Come enjoy yourself."Her voice was warm; her eyes were cold. Lorraine hesitated. Something in her gut told her this wasn't right. But she looked at Victoria's face, that perfect practiced smile, and she thought about all the times she'd been in rooms full of powerful people—all the times she'd belonged there, and no one questioned it."All right," Lorraine said. "Thank you.""Wonderful!" Victoria clapped her hands together. "It'll be a night to remember."The moment Lorraine left the room, Victoria picked up her phone. Her thumbs moved fast. She texted her group chat, six of her closest socialite friends:You're not going to believe this. I invited the cleaning lady to the gala.Three laughing replies came back instantly:I want to see what she wears.This is going to be priceless.OMG, Victoria, you're terrible. Film it. I'm begging you.Victoria grinned. She set the phone down and sipped her tea. The ice clinked against the glass. She stared out the window at the garden where Tomas was trimming roses. Entertainment, that's all. This was a little show for her friends, a joke that Lorraine would never be in on. She could already picture it: the cleaning lady standing in the middle of 300 wealthy people, completely out of place. It would be the highlight of her year.But across town in her small kitchen, Lorraine was having a very different conversation. She called Denise Coleman, her oldest friend and attorney."She invited me to her gala."Denise was quiet for a beat. "As a guest, or as a punchline?"

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