A Farewell to Charms by Lindsey Leavitt

Author:Lindsey Leavitt [Leavitt, Lindsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Social Themes, Adolescence, Royalty, Action & Adventure, General, Social Issues, Fiction - Young Adult
ISBN: 9781423123156
Google: mS0WMgEACAAJ
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 2013-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

I started my Floressa research the next day. Reed and I agreed that we needed to keep working like nothing was wrong. Although I hoped I’d have a while until my Match started, Façade was notorious for doing what they wanted when they wanted. And with the holidays coming up, my life was going to get busy. I had the rest of the week to research, then the first Winter Ball committee meeting was on Monday, Thanksgiving was right after that, and then December and my birthday and the ball and maybe Reed and I would have time to squeeze in a hostile takeover somewhere in there, too.

I still hadn’t received any information from Façade, so I read loads of Floressa Chase gossip online and bought every Floressa magazine, which was nearly half of the grocery store aisle. My dad asked when I had become so interested in celebrities, and I just told him I was comparing old Hollywood with new Hollywood, which seemed to make sense to him. Although I don’t know how it could—old Hollywood was the GOLDEN AGE.

Here was the hot buzz around Floressa: she was the long-lost daughter of King Aung of Tharma, which made Floressa a princess. Floressa’s actress mother, Gina, had secretly married the king some eighteen years earlier, before a political upheaval led her to leave him for Hollywood. At first, the king reacted badly to the news that Floressa was his daughter, but now there were rumors of reconciliation, that he’d been seen with Gina in random places all over the country. I didn’t know if any of that was true, but I hoped for Floressa’s sake that the king was at least talking to her. He had another daughter named Isla who was also a big fan of Floressa. Maybe some weird, new family dynamic was being worked out.

My insider information finally came on Saturday morning when a box was dropped off at my house. Make that boxes. Make that moving truck.

There were eight boxes in all. The UPS guy had to use a dolly, and he nearly slipped on a patch of ice on our driveway. My mom stood there in her purple satin jammies, her frown growing deeper with each package. Meredith must have forgotten what it was like to have a real life with a real family and really curious parents; otherwise, she would have never sent the boxes like this. Didn’t they have delivery bubbles?

Then I remembered. Meredith wasn’t my agent anymore, and Genevieve was taking care of this kind of business now. If anyone knew how important it was to be secretive, it was the head of Façade, and yet here she was sending me stuff through regular mail. The only other explanation I could come up with was that Floressa had sent this herself—but how would she have gotten my address?

I signed for the boxes, noting mirage incorporated on the return address. Mirage was a modeling agency that also served as Façade’s cover. So this was from Genevieve.

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