In Between the Magic: My Life from the Playboy Club to Beirut and Beyond

by Juliette Watt

I will never forget Mr. Derek Barnard—he changed my life forever by giving me faith in myself. He was my first mentor and real teacher. He was the first person who gave a shit—who cared. He’d been watching me, and he’d figured out why and how I wasn’t learning. He taught me. “There’s always another way and you can do anything if you find that way. Laser focus, Juliette. You can do anything.”