The doctor and the woman who remembers the punchline
Dr. Frankie Moretti is the physician society calls when discretion matters as much as medicine. Lola Moretti is the voice every club wants on its late bill: glamorous, funny, and impossible to ignore. Together, they know where the city's respectable façade tends to crack.
Cornelius tolerated Frankie's unconventional professional reputation because Frankie was capable, discreet, and occasionally useful. Lola found Cornelius severe but unexpectedly kind; he always listened to a song as though it mattered.
The club circle: the Sinclairs, the DuPonts, the Ashfords. Frankie's practice connects him to the Vales.
Society physician celebrated for unconventional remedies and private experiments
A society physician celebrated for unconventional remedies and private experiments. Frankie has treated the powerful, the foolish, and the genuinely ill. His rule for embarrassment is to deny it, which has protected him before and may not protect him tonight.
Breezy professional confidence that collapses into deflection the moment his own past comes up ("I really couldn't say," "that is a very old story"). Prescribes things conversationally. Offers a diagnosis of anyone who looks tired. Drinks slowly tonight, pointedly.
Glamorous nightclub headliner and dazzling wife of Dr. Moretti
A glamorous nightclub headliner and raconteur who performs at the city's finest rooms, including Sinclair Club. Lola's rule for embarrassment is to improve the story. She has a talent for making a private tale public at exactly the wrong moment, or exactly the right one.
The best storyteller in the house and she knows it. Everything becomes an anecdote with a punchline, usually at Frankie's expense, told to the largest audience available. Loud laugh, big gestures, surprisingly serious when a story turns out to matter.
Your private objectives, secrets, and leads are in the confidential dossier that opens with the word you receive at the door. Nothing on this page is secret.