Mercedes watched as, like the Red Sea before Moses, the crowd of well dressed patrons of the cafe parted before Victoria Redding. Admittedly more than a little vain, Mercedes knew there was an air of chaos that surrounded attractive women. However, that chaos was magnified tenfold, when the woman in question was not only attractive, but a well known super model.

As Victoria made her way towards her table, Mercedes rolled her eyes at the reaction around her. Eyes widened, jaws dropped, and men of all ages received dirty looks from their wives and girlfriends as they gawked like teenagers who'd never seen a woman before.

Then again, in their...