"Too many, when Ah'm in town. Oh, sometimes they can be fun, but mostly it's just a whole lot of 'see and be seen'. Emphasis on the 'be seen'. It's kind of an obligation, though. Someone has to represent the family business at these things, and Dad's out at the house in New Mexico, so, Ah'm it."

Eva sipped her drink.

"You go to school here in the city?"