"Those blasted caterers let that slimy bitch in!"
"Nick you're being unreasonable, maybe there was a flaw in the security system!"
DING DONG, the chimes of the antique doorbell rang through the villa and the quiet shuffling of the guest into the foyer.
"Master Nicholas, Mrs Bing is waiting for you" explained Ah Ling.
"Kitty?" blurted Rachel.
A banging noise rang the house, and wails followed. Kitty was not having a good day. Her cards have been temporarily cancelled due to tonight's events, Jack Bing was 'punishing' Kitty for 'associating with overseas snobs like them'. Kitty than left the home swiftly taking Gisele and Harvard with her, screaming about how even Bernard treated her better than this and threatening to divorce him and take Harvard to America. Jack had also let his daughter in, spouting that she was his 'late plus one' even though a plus one can't invite a plus one. The children where quickly shuffled into their room for bed once entering the house, however eight year old Gisele was not tucked into bed like three year old Harvard she was, listening. Watching. Observing.
Gisele had been observing the world for as long as she can remember, watching cars go by on the 405 at her Dad's Mars Vista house, the shiny cars and clothes her big sister and Mum seemed to be drenched in. But no matter how many shiny and expensive trinkets were in front of her she just wanted normal. She longed for the black heeled boots from Kmart, not the cow hide, diamond encrusted heeled boots priced at the local pawn shop at a whopping $10,450, every expensive gift from everyone in her life ended up at various pawn shops scattered around Singapore (she was saving for Stanford, American university were considered substandard so no one would help her on her mission to study law).
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