Chapter 49. Gala

Liesl caught her reflection in the glass panels of the hotel lobby where the gala was being held and felt a sense of pride at how good she looked. Meredith had popped over to do her hair and makeup and Janka and Elsie had bolstered her confidence while she got dressed up.

She stood nervously looking around waiting for Isaias. Mallory was a few feet away talking to several other men from the security detail as having a billionaire like Isaias attending the gala was apparently a huge deal.

“Oh my god, what are you doing here?”

Sandy’s nasally voice crawled up her spine like a scorpion on hot sand.

Liesl slowly turned to look at her sister and knew her eyes were popping at the image in front of her. Merlin must be apoplectic with the outfit her sister was barely dressed in. The lower half of the floor length ballgown was lace and sheer and tattered in long strips. The top half hugged her baby bump so tightly, Liesl wondered if it was potentially cutting off oxyg