ALIANA

If someone had told me five years ago that I would be standing on a stage and people would be bidding on me for a good cause and I would be wearing a really fancy dress I would have thought that was crazy.

Yet here I am.

Spotlight warm on my skin. A room full of powerful men, money, ego, and champagne. The kind of people who smile with their mouths and calculate with their eyes.

The host announces "For tonights lot we have something that is really special."

I take a breath.

"The person who bids the most will get to have a dinner with Aliana that lasts...