Chapter 2
Cheri was again back at her desk and ready to return to her secretarial duties, her hair brushed into glossy platinum waves, putting the finishing touches to her makeup with a tiny compact and puff. Well, it wasn't perhaps the face she would have chosen if she could have had any one in the world, she thought, looking at the woman reflected in the small, round mirror, but at least the men didn't seem to have any complaints. Oh, sure, she might have been a little cuter if her nose took a slight upward lilt, and she would have preferred it if her blonde hair hadn't have by necessity come from a bottle, but all in all she thought she had gotten a pretty decent shake when they gave out looks.
Cheri heard muffled conversation coming from the door behind her, and she got her compact i
