Rare indeed were the times when Miranda Vanderbilt let someone else speak for who she was or what she thought. Artist was a stretch; there were far more talented hands and eyes to be had, for sure. The shorn fabric of the dress waved around her -- there had been a lot of it creating the original column.
"I don't know her well enough," Mira replied easily. She had been working not to come to conclusions that were incorrect -- particularly when Valerie and her friend had shown up with a change in costume. The photographer wouldn't have subjected another person to the same embarrassment. Proof that she, yet again, would not concede to point came in the rest of the clause. "She's been nice enough to me," mused the brunette, "and I think her intentions are good."