Summary

In Chapter 5, Barb, an architect, interrupted her meeting with Dominic, a developer, to talk to Rishi, head of a marketing firm, about work for Clementine. Clementine was working for Rishi because Barb had called in a favor and asked Rishi if there was any work for Clementine. Now that the job of writing copy for marketing materials had ended, Rishi had no more work for her. Barb suggested that he train Clementine to be a salesperson.

Dominic had brought Barb to eat an overpriced lunch at a place that was once a dive bar. Dominic was telling Barb that he had hoped she could scale back on her fee because Dominic’s profit margins were so small. Barb remembered how she had loved the grittier feel of the neighborhood before they began putting up buildings in it. As she looked at Dominic, who...