The ballroom was a sea of masks.

Rebecca and Matthew exchanged looks - they were here for the auction, period. All this fancy socializing? Not their scene.

They found a quiet corner to kill the next half hour, when someone outside called out, "Louise!"

Rebecca lazily swirled her drink, glancing over. Everyone was masked up except Louise.

"Why isn't he wearing one?" Rebecca had barely finished asking when an organizer handed Louise a mask, which he ...