Perhaps once Gloria is safely married off to Sebastian, Lorraine will have a chance with Marcus at long last. Lorraine is in love with Gloria’s friend Marcus, and it irks her to no end that Marcus does not seem to notice Lorraine’s not inconsiderable charms. Like Gloria, Lorraine is rich, but she is incredibly unhappy. Gloria’s best friend Lorraine tries very hard not to envy Gloria. In fact Gloria and her friends have no idea that Clara was once a flapper who had a reputation for heavy drinking and partying. Now she has to play the part of the dutiful poor relative, and she makes a point of never mentioning her seamy past. She also got involved with a man who turned out to be a complete cad. Not so long ago, Clara was a flapper, wild and uncontrolled in New York City where she got arrested.
Her parents have sent her to Chicago so that she can help her cousin Gloria with her wedding preparations. Gloria’s cousin Clara is an altogether different situation. She is both thrilled and scared of the atmosphere at the Green Mill, knowing full well how unwise it is to hang out in an illegal establishment that is favored by gangsters. Gloria pretends to be a flapper, drinking cocktails, listening to the music, and flirting with Jerome Johnson, the African-American musician who performs at the club. Which is why she ends up at a speakeasy called the Green Mill with her friend Marcus. She longs for some adventure, she wants to do something forbidden that she knows her family, her fiancé and society in general would not approve of. She should be happy with her lot, but she isn’t. She is beautiful, smart, a gifted singer, and she is engaged to Sebastian Grey, a very handsome and popular young man.
As a member of high society in Chicago, Gloria has a charmed life.
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