Summary

In Chapter 18, Dirk has an upscale office and it's almost impossible to get a meeting with him. Paula comes up with the idea that he should launch a campaign to attract more women investors. Dirk decides that he needs an illustration for the campaign and contacts an artist named Dallas O'Mara. Dirk is surprised to learn that Dallas is a woman. He contacts her and manages to get an appointment. She arrives and Dirk discovers that she's quiet to the point, so that he feels the need to fill in with conversation, which is unusual because most women talk so much that he doesn't need to say much. She tells him she'll have to think about the project for a couple of days and that she'll charge $1,500. Dirk says it's a lot of money and Dallas agrees, but doesn't offer to lower the...