He looked up then, his eyes filled with a mix of terror and adoration. For a Dreamgirl like Cassandra, money was just paper; the real currency was the absolute, unyielding power she held over those who knelt at her feet. Cassandra's rise to power within the Dreamgirls group, or should we focus on Marcus's perspective and how he became entangled in this arrangement?
"You're late with the morning deposit," she says without looking up, her toes flexing slightly against the plush carpet. He looked up then, his eyes filled with