The Dragonfly Prophecy by Jacquelyn Castle

Author:Jacquelyn Castle [Castle, Jacquelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Dragonfly Prophecy
ISBN: 9780985177409
Publisher: BookMasters
Published: 2012-03-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Change Is Good—Depending on How You Look at It

Chace did his usual, manly door opening and I hopped in. He smiled a shy, nervous smile and we drove off. I didn’t ask where we were going. Probably because I didn’t care. I just wanted to know what he had to say and I had a few questions of my own to ask him about this morning’s events. After about a half-hour, we pulled into the Hilton Hotel parking lot on Route 10.

“Wait right here. I’ll be back in a minute, okay?”

“Well, yeah.”

Seeing as I was no fan of surprises, it took a little willpower, but I waited in the car. Nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary, like the last time he asked me to do that. A few minutes later, he came back out with a very pretty and well-put-together woman. Who is she and why is she smiling like a nut-job at me? I thought.

“Lex, this is Jamie. She’s a friend of mine. Could you do me a solid and go along with it, no questions asked? Just go with her and I’ll meet up with you in a few hours.”

I had to indulge him this once. It was the least I could do for him. “Hi, Jamie.” I shook her hand. “Okay, Chace, I’ll go along with this, for now. But don’t take too long—you know how impatient I can be!” I laughed.

“Don’t worry, sweets. And uh... thanks for appeasing me. I know how you hate being clueless.” He laughed, gave me a quick peck on the cheek and off he went.

Jamie took me into a suite where we were met by a pack of beautiful people wielding brushes, dresses, shoes and curling irons. “What’s all this?” I asked.

“Your friend wants us to help you look and feel your best today. He has something special planned. What’s the occasion? Is it your birthday?”

“No, not ’til Monday.”

“Then maybe he’s got an early birthday present for you,” she guessed.

“Okay, then let’s get to it. You can do whatever you want to me. I’m not really good at all of this fancy stuff so... make me beautiful!”

“You’re already quite beautiful,” Jamie said softly. “No wonder Chace has that look in his eyes whenever he says your name.”

“How do you know Chace?” I inquired, not really thinking she would give me an answer.

“Enough talking and more primping!” a man’s voice came screeching from the other room, along with some very loud hand clapping. I jumped at the sound.

Jamie’s hand pressed my shoulder back down into the seat. “It’s just Jeffrey. He gets a bit snippy when we’re racing the clock.”

Jamie and her friends really didn’t say too much after that. Chace probably had them on a gag order, no doubt. When they were all finished, Jeffrey wheeled out an old-fashioned full-length mirror and walked me to it. It was the first time I had seen myself since they started that beauty ambush.

I opened my eyes when Jeffrey ordered me to, and looked into the mirror, impressed at all they had done.

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