DAISY ♡The booking came through on a Tuesday.Sarah Mills. Headshots. A standard consultation request, brief, professional, nothing unusual in the wording. I confirmed it, blocked out the slot in my calendar and thought nothing more about it.Wednesday morning I set up the studio the way I always did for consultations, clean backdrop, good natural light from the north window, the reference portfolio open on the desk for clients who wanted to look through styles before we discussed direction. I made tea. Then I waited.She arrived exactly on time.The woman who walked through my studio door was striking. That was the first thing, not beautiful in a soft way but striking, every detail deliberate and in its right place. The clothes considered. The hair is considered. The way she moved through a room was considered, the particular ease of someone who had practised being looked at and was comfortable with what she had practised.She smiled when she saw me.“Daisy,” she said, extending
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