A little after noon, Sally joined them in the staff room. Dinah and Julie had just finished a late lunch and, when Julie saw Sally, she stood up and greeted her with a hug. Sally and Julie quickly sat down and, after a few minutes of harmless gossip, Sally asked Julie if she’d tried the injections that she’d suggested. Julie touched her face and laughed. She said, "We consulted a few beauty salons, and one of them was even called Gold Queen, but I got a bad feeling from each end every one of them.” Sally smiled and she said, “You are young, you have a man, and your skin is very good, so you have nothing to worry about anyways. You may want to keep it in mind though, for when you’re older. We women, we hold our beauty in high esteem, and we all want it to last for as long as it is possibl

