Cross Your Fingers by K.L. Finalley

Author:K.L. Finalley [Finalley, K.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781310159244
Publisher: Copper Penny Press
Published: 2015-04-27T03:00:00+00:00

13

Olive asked, “Hey, where’s Jo at? I thought she’d be here this week.”

Rolling her eyes, Alex responded, “She’ll be here tomorrow.” Alex was busy putting the final touches on her new outfit. They had all gone downtown to the touristy stores for a little shopping. Alex was in heaven. Having her friends was like the relationship she’d always wanted to share with Jo. They went out shopping and tried on outfits. They picked out accessories for one another. They’d had lunch, then they headed back to the house to get dressed for the evening.

Other than Jacqueline, who was waiting downstairs, everyone was upstairs with their doors open running back and forth from room to room giggling and getting dressed. Alex had no need for Jo to come. She had everything she needed in her friends, but she’d been invited. And, now, Jo was coming. Alex decided not to think about it. Instead, she made a perfume cloud to walk through. Once she’d paced through it sufficiently, she yelled for the others.

“Where’s my bitches?” she screamed as she walked out of her room.

Like prostitutes, they appeared in their doorways. Paige was wearing a belted, lace, red and black tulip dress, and black heels. Mallory had curled her hair, so that it looked like waves. Olive had applied a face full of makeup. As Alex talked to Paige in the hall, she thought back on the quiet, maternal Paige that she had grown used to, but told Paige “This,” pointing to her outfit, “is the Paige that I want to see more of.”

Paige blushed and told her, “Stop it.” As Paige left to join Jacqueline downstairs, Alex swatted her on the butt. Olive was in Mallory’s room watching her finish her hair. Olive stood in the doorframe of the bathroom barefoot in a black leather strapless dress. Her wavy hair had been washed, dried, and mousse applied. It was dry but had the look of being wet. Alex reached out and touched.

Olive grabbed her hair and said, “Hey, don’t mess it up.”

“Is that possible?” Olive swung like she was going to hit her. Alex dodged her hand.

“Oh, look at you limber in heels!” replied Mallory .

Strutting around, Alex said, “I can do anything in heels.”

Teasing her, Olive said, “I bet you can. I bet that’s why Elet gave you that big ring.” Olive went to grab her hand and noticed that Alex wasn’t wearing her engagement ring. Olive asked, “Um, where’s the ring?”

“I’m not wearing that thing tonight. It’s a mood-killer.”

“Whose mood is it killing? Ours? Yours? Or the guy you’re waiting to talk to?” Mallory asked as she finished with her hair.

“Shut up. Let’s go.” Alex walked out the room.

Downstairs, Jacqueline was outside sitting in a lounge chair. Alex walked up and said, “See, you look nice. Aren’t you happier with that than whatever you were going to wear?”

Jacqueline stood up in her long, black skinny jeans and polka dotted fitted button up. She did look nice, but she wouldn’t dare admit it.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.