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"She’s the answer to our probleer didn’t just co she could be the perfect spokesperson for their invention Jack was a scientist who believed in what he could prove with nuether At the sah to understand that passion lay beneath it all

Suddenly, he had to ask hiht actually possible?

Larry and Howie had turned to stare at hieous creature have anything to do with our probleot plenty of that But we also need someone to represent it ill appeal to the broadest possible market" He could see it all so clearly, just as clear as his first vision had been ten years ago They would need both still shots and live co the Pocket Planner Because people wouldn’t be able to take their eyes off her, they also wouldn’t e crowd of es "Everyone is clearly mesmerized Even two-year-olds can’t resist her"

"Okay," Howie said slowly, "you’reto convince Mary Ferrer to ith us? Especially since she has to be one of the et at this point barely covers our coffee"

"Don’t worry," Jack said "I’ll convince her"

Howie and Larry looked at each other with raised eyebrows, but neither of them expressed another doubt Both of the happen, it always did

Chapter Two

Mary Ferrer could hardly believe this was her final photo shoot

During a brief break when Gerry, the photographer, changed film and the hairstylist touched up her hair, she looked around at the set that had been created in Union Square for the shoot

How hts had she sat beneath in the past thirteen years? How many h-fashion looks had she sold? How many beautiful pairs of shoes had she worn that had felt as if she’d been walking on nails? Howcities had she flown to for fashion shows then departed froet to her next booking on tiranted, the truth was that she’d started to lose interest in all those fabulous trappings somewhere in her mid-twenties She had been discovered at nineteen by a very well dressed young e looking for a cup of coffee while he was on vacation in Italy The ed her to let hi chance with both hands