Chapter 3: “Palmetto vs. Palm”
The Palm Beach elite found themselves in a dilemma: do they honor legacy with Margaret and her pedigree of Holt banking glory? Or gamble on the glittering chaos of Charleston’s wildest export?
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Even Margaret was intrigued.
“I do love a blonde with an agenda,” she mused, peering at Calista’s photo in the paper.
“She reminds me of me… if I had slightly worse judgment and a better press team.” She wasn't about to let a Low country libertine outmaneuver her on her home turf.
So, she made a move of her own.
She secured an exclusive, last-minute performance by a beloved jazz singer who hadn’t performed publicly since 1965. She had her name—Evans—embroidered on every napkin. And her team started a quiet little rumor: that Calista’s family money was stretched thin, tied up in lawsuits and yachts bought on credit.
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