Sophie and Ilaria

The Palace - The Next Morning 2 AM

Many hours later, Sophie laughed while listening to Phillen tell a story about Laura falling into an Amsterdam canal in 1870 after drinking Heineken for the first time. The famous brewery had only opened a few years before.

Gabriella sat in an ornate straight back chair—one leg draped over an armrest—drinking martinis and listening to her old friend recount stories of their adventures. A white woman and ...