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.

Given all of the painstaking work that Delores had put into the dress, 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 let this truth sink in. 0

She’d always known that Delores had a mean streak, but she’d never expected that she would’ve been so spiteful as to destroy a dress she’d designed herself just to stick it to her colleagues.

feet and asked, “When is Miss

small fists, Tasha answered,

course of her

such a disaster before. Wracked with anxiety, she said, “I should’ve kept an eye on Delores the whole time. I should’ve known she’s not to

beat herself up for her failure to

for a short while and then said, “We

moment, there was a knock at the door. From the other side of the door a voice called, “Tasha? Are you in? Miss Lopez is here for her dress. Please come bring it out as

shoved it behind other changing clothes, doing her best

the door. Not knowing what she was planning on doing, Natalie grabbed her wrist and asked, “What do you

done. I’ll apologize to Miss Lopez, explain the situation to her, and hopefully ask her to give us more

as Tasha finished speaking, she opened the door

worrying Tasha. What was she about to

of this particular dress. It had been designed

it was incredibly expensive. Anyone might’ve erupted in anger at discovering their property had

was said by everyone in the industry to be a sure thing for taking home that year’s writing award. And this was the dress she’d planned on wearing when she accepted

eviscerated her haters online. Estella herself unleashed such fury upon them that they’d deactivated their accounts. People were shocked at how brutally and efficiently she’d dealt with

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