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His eyes smile at me

I do a double-take Did he just smile at me?

"Perfect fit," Ophelia says

But then she sets that dress aside and begins to pull other iteift boxes where she opens each one and unwraps an outfit engulfed in extravagant tissue paper and tulle that probably cost oes on and on about her spoiled, yet ‘deserving’ daughter she goes through each and every outfit, holding theht look like in theht look like in them

She is very odd, that one

"Of course, after her father left us, I had to get a job," Ophelia shakes her head and looks right atever "So, to support Meleena and her expensive fashion sense, I went into the business Here, try this one on It’s a pretty day so you should wear so that suits it"

"What business exactly?" I ask

I turn around so thatthem and then I slip offout to me, more curious about her, really

Victor sips his coffee and pretends to be reading his newspaper Or,I can’t tell with hi," she answers

I’m a little confused and I’m sure she can tell that

"You can…afford to buy Versace and Valentino on a housekeeper’s wage?" I ask incredulously "No offense"

"None taken," she says, slipping the dress over my head "But yes, I can I only work for those who can afford to pay me Celebrities, musicians; you know, people who have more money than they knohat to do with Wealthy people are quick to hire sos just because they can I profit frolances back at Victor "No offense"

"None taken," he says and takes another sip of his coffee

"Ah, I see," I say as the cool, thin fabric rolls down over my skin

I turn around once I’ht," she says, propping her hands on her hips, looking h you should wear a strapless bra at least"

Ophelia reaches inside another bag while glancing over at Victor "Looks like you were right about her cup size, too," she says and I feel ood idea of arments were the only pieces I had to stop and buy on the way here Raided the rest of it frohter’s room There’s a purse and a few other necessities in there too" She puts the bra in h money in the stuff she’s never worn in her rooivesand she helpssoit ht pink floral lace dress against my back and I atte a few inches above h neckline I’s like this, at least not anywhere but a few hours at a social gathering where all I had to do was stand there quietly and look pretty With Victor, I see around quietly

Next are the shoes

"I-I don’t think anything with heels on theood idea," I protest kindly as she opens the first box

There’s no way I’

Ophelia looks to Victor again He nods to her as if telling her that it’s OK

She closes the top on the box disappointedly and opens another one

"Not exactly what I would’ve chosen to ith this particular dress," she says, "but theysandals on the floor in front of me and I step into them The bra is unco worn one for so long--digging into the skin underneath e to adjust it, but lose that battle after six seconds I know I ht elastic with my arms drawn up and ed to fix it, I relax my arms down at my sides and stand here aardly

"You look nice," Victor says fros

So do you…

"Thanks," I say and look away

I’ve never been so afraid to er than I thought Theon inside his ht I went into his room with passion and lust in my eyes but at some point that I can’t possibly determine, I turned into a psychotic masochist

But he let me And I’et any pleasure out of it and I wouldn’t expect him to, but the only one of us who seems to feel aard about it is me

Victor stands up from the chair and leaves the newspaper on the table He reaches into his right pocket and pulls out a roll of cash

"For your daughter’s clothes," he says, placing the h there to pay for your time as well"

She drops the roll into her own pocket

"So, I guess this is it then," Ophelia says "If you ever decide to move back into this area you kno to find me My rates will stay the same for you"