There Was No Seat for Me at the Luxury Restaurant. By Dessert, They Regretted It

who has encountered this dynamic before and has feelings about it that she is too professional to voice in full.

“Twenty hours a month,” she said. “Authentication and provenance work for high-value acquisitions. You name your rate. I’ll negotiate from there, but I won’t insult you.”

David Chen arrived ten minutes later and shook my hand and told me he’d continue reading …