Chapter 163

The house is enormous and beautiful, like a movie set for the rich and famous lifestyle. A towering white mansion set in a beautiful green manicured garden like some modern painting. Set in the sunny Hamptons, near the coast, a very picturesque area that comprises nothing but huge grand houses that spew wealth. I can see why the Carreros reign supreme here. It’s like the real housewives of Orange County.

Their home is a show house for sure. Utterly devoid of lived-in family life, we are let in by a maid who ushers us into a sitting room in what appears to be a deserted house until she runs off to find our host. Marble entranceway that is not dissimilar to Alexi’s nearby abode, a vast sweeping staircase in a flawless neutral palette. It’s glossy magazine-worthy with massive professional vases of floral arrangements dotted at key points on expensive furniture around the edges of the room.

I find it odd that Alexi is being treated like a guest rather than a family member, l