Marla wants to know about Lisa

"My eyes are up here, darling." The woman said. Her lipstick was a deep dark red. It gave her a red smile. Lisa's eyes shot up, embarrassed to have been caught staring in that direction. She felt heat on her cheeks.

"Yeah, just hired her last month." Her boss explained, not even looking at her. He still didn't even seem aware of the pet girl's presence.

"My name is Marla Bernstroff. It's a pleasure to meet you." The woman extended her hand to Lisa to shake. Lisa shot a please for help up to Mr. Napier with her eyes, but he ignored it. Her hand reached out, twitching every few seconds, and gave her hand a limp shake.

"Lisa Huang."

"Huang." Marla repeated, tasting the name on her tongue. The woman reached down and idly scritched the top of her pet's head with her perfectly manicured finger nails. The pet girl panted loudly, and closed her eyes. She was really so much like an animal. For some reason, Lisa was reminded of the fact that the pet girl was also asian. "Chinese, is it? Were you born in China?"

"No, m'am." Lisa said. Her voice was a stutter. "My parents came here before I was born."

"The manners on this one." Marla chuckled, turning her head back to Mr. Napier. It was almost like she was talking over Lisa. "She's such a morsel."