INT. - BEAUTY, INC. LAB - AFTERNOON

Only a few blocks away, as it turned out. Gerri climbed out a few minutes later, still unsettled. But the drive gave her time to order her thoughts, to explain some things away. Even while her instincts gruffly informed her she was an idiot.

So be it. Gerri pushed her way through the glass doors to Beauty, Inc., the grand lobby artfully decorated, walls covered in fifteen foot posters of gorgeous women slathered in makeup, giant ...