The Reinvention of Mimi Finnegan (The Mimi Chronicles Book 1) by Whitney Dineen

Author:Whitney Dineen [Dineen, Whitney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kissing Frogs
Published: 2015-05-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Before going back to the hotel I window shop for a couple of hours. I go into an exclusive chocolate shop and buy several small boxes of fancy truffles for my family and then I stop at a newsstand and buy Kevin an “I heart New York” T-shirt. I know he’d prefer the chocolates but as his Weight Watchers buddy, I’m invested in working towards his ultimate goal. Speaking of Kevin Beeman, I start to wonder what’s going on with him and the beast, so I call his cell phone.

He laughingly answers on the third ring, “Yellllloooooowww?”

I hear high-pitched giggles in the background and ask, “Kevin, what’s going on? Who’s laughing?”

He immediately sobers up and exclaims, “Mimi! How’s New York?” So I tell him everything. Then I ask who’s laughing and he mysteriously answers, “Just a friend.”

I ask if the friend is Beatrice and he assures me it’s not. Then I ask if he’d consider marrying her and moving off to Bangladesh before we get home on Wednesday. He laughs and declares Beatrice is a very nice person and if I weren’t trying to steal her boyfriend, I would think so as well. I sense a little judgment on his part so I call him on it, “Kevin, are you saying I should back off and just let her have Elliot?”

He apologizes, “No, Meems, that’s not it. It’s just that she’s really a tragic character, kind of like me and she’s not a bad person. That’s all I’m saying.”

“Kevin Beeman, you are not tragic! I refuse to let you say things like that about yourself.”

He declares, “Okay, how’s this? I was tragic, but I’m not anymore.”

I agree that sounds better and I promise to call him again before I come home. I also remind him to keep working out and he assures me he has been.

I don’t get back to the hotel until five which gives me two hours to get ready. I call the concierge and ask if they can get me a last minute hair appointment. I’d like to wear my hair up tonight and the only updo I know how to execute involves a banana clip. Frederick confirms the salon will be expecting me in ten minutes.

When he’s done with my hair, my stylist, Renaldo, suggests I let them do my makeup as well and in a caution to the wind moment, I agree. Why not? After all, I have to look my best if I’m going to have Elliot on his knees.

The dress I’ve chosen to wear is a floor-length red gown. I like to think of as the updated version of the dress Julia Roberts wore in Pretty Woman, and while I don’t have diamonds hanging at my neck, I’m not sure I need them. I stand in the mirror and just stare at the vision before me. It’s not only the change of hair color I’m seeing either. It’s a change of attitude. It’s a change of mannerisms, even. It’s as though I’m a snake that has outgrown its skin, shedding the old for the new.

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