I've always liked Anna, but according to my mother, her family is complete New Money, and my grandmother has pointed out on several occasions that they're not even really Southern.

The heartache of your brother and your best friend? I mean, Hayes if it's not your business, then whose business is it?

But what if Alex changes it all around?...Where does that leave you?...But really...what if she's right?

[M]y grandmother and I sit across from each other at the Gryphon Tea Room, on the grandest section of Bull Street.

As a Magnolia, you are always onstage.

I'm sorry. I just meant that all this is new to me. I get lost sometimes." I give her my most honest expression.

The fact is I'm in a serious jam.

I can't help frowning. "But Madison designed that cocktail dress herself...

You are in training, and therefore your personal taste and opinions are not to be trusted until they are fully and reliably shaped - by me.