Coastal Fury Boxset (1-3) by Matt Lincoln

Author:Matt Lincoln [Lincoln, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-05T22:00:00+00:00

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Nobody mentioned Luci’s growing comfort around Robbie Holm, and Emily felt good about that. Luci still wasn’t ready to be the center of attention anywhere, but she did seem to be finding some normalcy. After the guys left, Emily took Luci to the bathroom and had her sit on a chair.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” She showed Luci the scissors. “It’ll take years to grow back.”

Luci lifted her chin. “I will never grow it long again. Men think long hair belongs to them, but it does not. This is my hair, and they cannot tell me what to do with it ever again.”

Although Emily loved her hair long and braided, she wasn’t about to debate it with Luci. Men really did get possessive over long hair. The bare spot on her scalp was proof of that. Maybe if she’d been put through what Luci had, she’d feel differently about her choice to keep her hair long.

“Last chance to get it done at the spa,” Sylvia chimed in from the bathroom door. “MBLIS will pay for it, and they know what they’re doing.”

Emily rolled her eyes and snapped the scissors in Sylvia’s direction.

“Thanks for the vote of confidence,” she laughed.

Sylvia shrugged. “You’re the one who said you’ve never done it before.”

Luci put her hand on Emily’s arm. “I want to make the first cut myself.”

Emily stopped joking around and gave Luci the scissors. Luci waited for her to do one last comb-through. Emily pulled out a wide section and held it up for Luci to see in the mirror. She watched Luci’s reflection and felt small next to the determination and strength in her new friend’s face.

Luci took the section of hair from Emily and pulled it tight. She put the scissors to the strands and hesitated. Her chin trembled, but she did not cry. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and cut.

The length that had gone from her shoulder to her waist dropped to the floor. Luci opened her eyes. She handed the scissors back to Emily and then put her hand over her mouth. At first, Emily thought Luci was crying, but laughter bubbled out instead.

“Okay, let’s do this.” Emily tried to sound brave, but she was afraid of butchering the job.

Twenty minutes later, Emily used a hand towel to dust hair bits from the back of Luci’s shirt. It was true, Emily reflected, that a drastic hairstyle change can make someone look like an entirely new person.

“Me encanta.” Luci beamed and fluffed her hair. “It has never been so short, and I feel like I took a, um, helmet off my head.”

Emily touched up a few last bruises that insisted on showing through the foundation she’d applied earlier. She ran another layer over the tattoo which was slightly visible through the first two applications, and then put the makeup in Luci’s handbag.

“You look totally different, and it’s a great look,” she told Luci. “Hey, Sylvia, Birn? We’re ready.”

Sylvia nodded her approval as Birn headed out to the hall.

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