Gemma Jones is a serious, no-nonsense, dedicated marketing manager, who has been in the same business for over ten years. There is nothing Gemma doesn't know about marketing.

Overnight, she meets Jake. And on the flight back from Mexico she announces that the future is in furniture restoration. They are setting up a stall in a Saturday craft bazaar, and have signed up for college classes in January.

Random. Extreme. Certainly a far cry from the cut-and-thrust of the marketing world. But there you have it. My best friend's buzzwords are now 'shape' and 'texture'.