5 Chapter 5

“Why in the world would that be legal?” Mother sniffed. “You’re making this up.”

Josiane fixed Sarah with a penetrating stare. “Which one of us has a Marie Claire cover again?” She yawned. Somehow Valeria had missed the tongue ring yesterday. She wished she hadn’t noticed it now. She wasn’t going to be able to stop thinking about it all day. “Anyway, they do it to stop people from stealing designs. The issue is that people get hold of pictures taken while certain, er, high-value targets are dressing, and you can see where it becomes a problem. So it’s not that unusual to have certain types of clients ask to have the cameras off when they’re in places like that, and it usually works out as long as a consultant is in the room.”