. She could still see holes in the plan, so much that could go wrong and so many reasons why she had the authority to rain on this parade. Still, watc...hing Odette made her heart sink. Huge amber gems stared back at her with anticipation, pout-curled lips convincing her without words. "What time?"Odette sharply sniffed in a breath, her eyes wide like professionally cut gems on fine china. "You didn't say no?" You need to feed your guest something too. Gosh, you never have company. Do you know. Everyone else immediately assumed an air of 'nothing going on here — everything perfectly normal', for which I was fantastically grateful. I wanted to kiss every single one of them. When I looked at Cochran, it was with fresh eyes. I'd suspected that his job was to clean up or cover up my mistakes. Now I realized that it was a task little better than the one of following behind the elephant in the circus parade with a shovel and a sack.The problem was still that everyone had seen that, and no. She frowned, she distinctly re­membered putting one on that morning—the new one she had bought last week from M&S. Yes, she had put it on, had had to adjust it, had admired its pretty shape in the mirror, yes, she was sure of it… but it most definitely was not there now. Sally was puzzled. How could she have forgotten to put on her bra, it was not something you forgot — any more than you forgot your panties (she was re-assured to check that she was indeed wearing those)? She was sure she had.