A few minutes later, Jessica heard the sound of Henry leaving with Secretary Allen.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to dispel the heaviness pressing against her chest.

Mabel stood in the doorway of the master bedroom, raising her hand several times as if to knock and offer Jessica some comfort, but in the end, she let her hand fall.

It seemed that nothing she could say would make a difference.

The next morning, Jessica set out with her finished piece and headed to a framing shop.

After picking out a frame, she pulled her artwork from her tote and typed a message on her phone, asking the owner to mount it for her.

When the shop owner saw Jessica's work, his eyes widened in disbelief. "Wait-

this is made out of paper?"

Jessica smiled and nodded.

"You did this yourself?"

She nodded again.

piece in awe. "This is incredible. I've never seen papercutting

delicate features rendered in intricate

hard to believe Jessica had fashioned it from paper-the likeness

I have a client who's a devotee of Renaissance art and traditional crafts.

Jessica couldn't risk picking a mediocre frame for them. She'd chosen this shop

reply: This one was commissioned.

taken with her work, pressed her could she design

love to commission a piece for his

Jessica nodded in agreement.

quickly exchanged

finished piece was fairly large. When it was time

help her arrange for a

was happy to

followed the van to the

saw the artwork Jessica

really made from

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