Yesterday afternoon, witnesses at the Plaza Hotel reported seeing a somewhat motley crew enter into a private suite. Leading the party were Tom and Daisy Buchanan along with their friends Jordan Baker and Nick Carraway, usual installments at the couple's East Egg mansion. However the fifth cohort was a bit unusually placed. It was none other than Jay Gatsby the man known for his "new wealth," fabulous parties and questionable past. Bystanders reported that the usually gay individuals all seemed rather tense and stressed. Their behavior was soon explained as not within 30 minutes of being in their suite a "loud discussion" broke out. After gathering information from other Plaza guests and some inside details from Gatsby himself, we are able to report that the argument was caused by Tom Buchanan discovering that his wife of seven years was indeed having an affair with Jay Gatsby. Tom had been stewing and finally let out all his anger demanding to know the truth and castrating Daisy for her lack of fidelity, (which is a whole other kettle of fish, considering that Tom himself has been having affairs for the better part of his marriage.) This is when Gatsby jumps in, demanding that Daisy admit that she never loved Tom and has been waiting all these years for Gatsby, who, once a poor man, left to make his fortune for Daisy, so that he might be worthy of her. Daisy feebly admits that she thought she loved Tom "at one time," but loves Gatsby "too." Gatsby and Tom then continue to argue so that it is too much for Daisy and she runs out to Jay's car and insists on driving home.
A very tense confrontation indeed.
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