Chapter 13
Cam was the last descendant in a line of tailors and shirt makers who’d passed their vocation on from generation to generation. Cam was born in RhienlandPlafz, Germany but his grandfather was from Cameroon, Africa, and was brought to Europe in the late 1800s on a slaver’s ship.
After arriving in France, his grandfather was purchased by a French couturier, Francois Renaud Fournier, who taught him the art of hand tailoring. The House of Fournier was a well-respected men’s clothier known throughout most of the western European nations. It was customary for slaves in Europe to take the surnames of their owners as a matter of title. However, Cam’s grandfather was adamant in his desire to acknowledge his lineage to Mother Africa. Consequently, he accepted Fournier as the name
