Chapter X. The Last Dance at the Plaza Hotel

The Grand Ballroom of The Plaza Hotel. Crystal chandeliers dazzled, and a jazz band played a languid tune.

It was the final grand feast of the New York social season.

When the heavy doors swung open, every eye in the room turned.

Vanessa entered last, the guest of honor, arm in arm with her biological father, William. She wore a red Oscar de la Renta gown, sharp as a blade, with a plunging V-neckl