“Do I really have to wear that dress?” I am too comfortable to be bothered to wear something as so heavy and play dress up while plastering a smile ‘I wish there were some sort of medicine or a procedure to fix my lips in a smile, temporarily, of course!’ I was standing in the middle of the living room in front of Gloriana, Chiron, and Rain, who was sitting in the middle of the room, which had been temporarily converted by Gloriana into a show area in order for Gloriana and me to be prodded, primed, poked and picked at, to prepare us for the Gala that is just a few hours away. The beauticians had just arrived. I had heard the beeping of the front door as the house help opened the front door. Gloriana looked at me and I could see her patience dissolving before my eyes. She had reached the