CHAPTER 10
Mandy submitted happily to wardrobe and makeup when the time came. Phillip’s tirade against being dandied up for the camera didn’t end until they showed him a test shot. Instead of a balding, out-of-shape, rumpled, and utterly brilliant scientist, the screen showed a charming man in his mid-years looking like a wealthy professional on holiday.
And Mandy went from merely beautiful to drop-dead gorgeous. Here in his studio, his second home, sitting just across the counter. She was the image of what every woman wanted to grow up to be. The camera director clearly knew it and moved Mandy to the seat closer to center stage despite her protests of wishing to remain in the background. He moved her so close in it would be automatic for the cameras to capture Jeff and Mandy instead of
