Rich People Problems

Kitty was having a fit over her new pixie haircut. Though Nigel Barker thought that the hairstyle suited Kitty well, she regretted having almost all of her hair end up on the floor. Her hairstylist, Jo, assured her that she looked like Emma Watson. Two hours later, Kitty, Gisele, and Harvard were being photographed for the cover of Singapore Tattle. The editor in chief, Violet Poon, compared Kitty to Emma Stone. Violet took a picture of the shoot on her smartphone and texted it to Yolanda Amanjiwo, who registered her enthusiasm for the photo and invited Kitty to one of her famous dinners, being thrown that night. Nigel and Oliver were also welcome.

Yolanda—a tall, thin woman with a giant bouffant—entered the room wearing Christian Dior couture. Beside her was her husband, Joey. She introduced herself to Kitty and spoke in a “warm, rapid-fire Indonesian accent” (179). As Yolanda and Joey went on to greet her other guests, Kitty saw her friend Wandi Meggaharto Widjawa enter. They hugged, greeting each other as though it were years since they last met and not yesterday. Wandi was there because she was Joey’s cousin. Yolanda liked her there to keep Joey awake during her parties.