Chapter 524

Tasha was squatting on the floor, a tattered golden dress clutched in her arms. Stunned, she asked, “Miss Lopez needs this dress any second now. What should we do?!” Trying to keep calm, Natalie replied, “Don’t worry. Let’s see if we can figure out a way to fix this.” She picked up the dress herself and examined it closely to see what could be done.

Upon close observation, she realized that the state of the dress was much worse than she’d thought from further away. The damage was all on the front. There would be no way to mend it without leaving visible signs of the repair.

A grimace crossed Tasha’s face. “There’s no saving it, is there?”

Natalie took a deep breath, not ready to answer the question directly. She composed herself and asked, “Do you know who did it?”

“Delores handed over all her projects to me yesterday. Everything went well,” Tasha replied, reflecting on yesterday and all of the work that Delores had accomplished. “But before she left for the day, Delores did say that she wanted to give the dresses one last look -over, saying she always thought of the dresses she works on as if they were her own children. She was crying so hard, so I didn’t stop her. I… I didn’t even pay

her any attention. Delores was only in the work room for only a few minutes. It was all my fault. I should have checked the dresses after she left!” Tasha was growing increasingly flustered, speaking faster the

more agitated she became.

Tasha had never worried that it would’ve been safe in her hands. She never expected in a million years that this disaster could’ve happened on her watch. “You never should have trusted Delores. She was scheming and plotting behind our backs this entire time.” Natalie’s face darkened as she

been so spiteful as to destroy a dress she’d designed herself just to stick it to her

and asked, “When is Miss Lopez due

clenching her fingers into small fists, Tasha answered,

you go check if Miss Lopez is here yet.” Over the course of her career as a designer, Natalie had faced many similar disasters, and she had become a pro at

explain that to Miss Lopez?” Tasha had never dealt with such a disaster before.

her failure to protect the dress

Natalie pondered the situation for a short while and then

Are you in? Miss Lopez is here for her dress.

hook, and shoved it behind other changing clothes, doing her best to conceal the evidence of the disaster as swiftly as she could.

what she was planning on doing, Natalie grabbed her wrist and asked, “What do you think you’re doing? What are you

give us more

soon as Tasha finished speaking, she opened the door

What

aware of this particular dress. It had been designed for Estella Lopez,

it was incredibly expensive. Anyone might’ve

sure thing for taking home that year’s writing award. And this was the dress

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