 But though Julia had always dressed modestly inside the ultra-Orthodox community, she had a reputation for being too fashionable. Now she found the courage to pursue dreams she hadn't ever uttered out loud, and so she began living a new secret double life. Julia met a couple of businessmen and convinced them that she could design shoes, despite never having received the relevant education or produced any products. She changed her age, her name, and told Yosef she no longer wanted to be married.