NO EASY WAY OUT (Romantic Comedy) by Elaine Raco Chase

Author:Elaine Raco Chase [Chase, Elaine Raco]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B008K9DP14
Publisher: Elaine Raco Chase
Published: 2012-07-10T05:00:00+00:00

Diane flashed her a lurid grin. "That's just in case you decide that you like being fluff instead of substance."

Virginia finished dressing while Diane ran off to call Joan. Examining the clothes hanging on the dressing room hooks, she slid them off and threw them over her arm. As she walked toward the cashier she saw Diane hurrying across the floor toward her. Excitement was brimming in her eyes. "It's all set. We'll go straight to Joan's from here."

Virginia wriggled in self-conscious discomfort beneath the flowing plastic cape and eyed her two companions. They discussed her as if she weren't even there.

Diane, her petite figure cocooned in a pale-blue jogging suit, was curled on a wooden captain's chair recounting the Halloween affair in rich detail between sips of coffee and drags on cigarettes.

Joan Enright, a small-boned blonde with a pixie haircut and enormous liquid brown eyes, was alternately laughing and ohhing and ahhing over the incident while she lifted and studied Virginia's hair from various angles. "I think the perfect solution is cellophaning," she announced, turning at once into the consummate professional.

At Virginia's raised brow Joan smiled and gave her shoulder a comforting squeeze. "I'll strip the color from selected strands all over your head. By using temporary rinses we can make you a blonde or brunette at will."

She took a comb and small precision scissors from the pocket of her green uniform. "You've got great hair, with a natural wave. I'm going to shape it and trim off the split ends. You'll still be able to pin it up, but for a different, glamorous look just set it on electric rollers or rag curlers and you'll end up with that sexy tousled look."

Joan redirected her gaze at Diane. "I'm free tomorrow night. Want a little help turning Cinderella into Playmate of the Year?"

"Great!" she exclaimed, unwinding her legs to move alongside Joan. "What about a manicure?" Diane lifted and examined Virginia's fingers, frowning at the uneven nails and the split cuticles. "We can treat them tonight and polish them tomorrow." She peered at Virginia's ashen complexion. "I think a facial too."

"There're some new makeup samples at the shop I'll bring home," Joan contributed, her growing eagerness radiating from her pert features. "I'm really getting excited. It's like giving birth!" She lifted Virginia's chin and grinned into shell-shocked blue eyes. "When we get through with you tomorrow night, you won't recognize yourself."

It took less time than that. On the stroke of midnight Virginia was amazed to see a blonde reflected in the looking glass. Despite the lack of cosmetics the shining spill of hair radiated brilliant streaks of molten gold and shimmered under a seduction of moonbeams.

Then suddenly the sun and stars were washed away by a sober brunette rinse. But professional artistry had changed the originally mouse-colored hair into soft, fluid waves that reflected the mysterious depths of pousse-cafe.

Virginia had become quite fond of Roger. She always knew what he was thinking; he reacted to her every suggestion and followed her every move.

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