Original sentence: According to Susann's biographer, the affair had begun when Landis bought her earrings and a fur coat, Susann later describing to her girlfriends "sensual it had been when she and Carole had stroked and kissed each other's breasts"
Edited sentence: According to Susann's biographer, the affair had begun when Landis bought her earrings and a fur coat, Susann later describing to her female friends how "sensual it had been when she and Carole had stroked and kissed each other's breasts"