The sales associate had no choice but to ask Sophia, "Ma'am, do you need this dress?" Sophia glanced at the associate, then at the overdressed woman in the distance.

She scoffed, "Why would I be holding it if I didn't need it?"

"Well, this dress is seventy thousand dollars and it's our only piece. If you don't need it, perhaps I could show it to this lady?" The associate deliberately mentioned the price, trying to make them back off.

Sophia hated such ...