Summary

Chapter 7 takes place in Shenzhen, where Eleanor and her friends have arrived to speak with Lorena’s secret source of information on Rachel. Before the big meeting, Carol takes the women to a top-secret boutique boasting of the world’s best fake designer handbags. The boutique is hidden off a small side street in a construction zone behind an unmarked office building. Carol explains that the handbags look so real because they practically are real. Often times, a manufacturer will make more bags than the designer ordered and then will sell the extra bags to the black market. Jacqueline walks in, much to Eleanor’s surprise. Both women are nervous to be seen by one another in a boutique of fake designer handbags. Jacqueline and Eleanor make forced conversation, and Jacqueline mentions that she just met Rachel, describing her as the typical...