We arrived at the venue and my jaw went slack. When Jason had said 'event', I'd pictured something casual, maybe a backyard barbecue or a small dinner party.

Not this.

"You didn't tell me that it was this big," I breathed.

"Family friend," he said with a shrug, as if that explained the opulence spread before us.

The place was magnificent, well dressed people moved through the grand hall, and there were violinists on one side of the stage, the sound of their melody floating around the ...