The Sound of Consequence (Puget Sound ~ Alive With Love Book 1) by Susan Ann Wall

Author:Susan Ann Wall [Wall, Susan Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Heart of Jupiter Publishing
Published: 2014-01-28T22:00:00+00:00

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An afternoon of shopping was exactly what Stacie needed. She was spending entirely too much time with Owen. When they were together, it wasn’t an issue. When she wasn’t with him, she longed to be, and that was the problem.

Today Stacie had planned to focus on a new wardrobe and have some quality girl time with her best friend. Jenny, a self-proclaimed die-hard romantic, preferred a true story over fiction any day and urged Stacie for details of the last couple nights.

“You probably don’t want the dress back,” Stacie suggested after detailing that scrumptious escapade.

“Ty bought me that dress,” Jenny said. The eye roll and lip curl compounded the annoyance in her voice, something Stacie was quickly learning were natural fixtures when Jenny referred to the ex-fiancé she’d left behind in Boston. “I should have gotten rid of it a long time ago. It’s all yours.”

“What about the shoes?” she asked, hoping Jenny was just as willing to give those up.

“Keep ’em. So what are we looking for here?” Jenny asked as they walked into Nordstrom Rack. Another thing Stacie realized was that Jenny was as quick to avoid any discussion about Ty as Stacie was about Greg. Of course, Ty was a catch and he and Jenny had been crazy about each other, so Stacie didn’t understand the breakup or the lingering animosity two years later. If she asked, though, she’d be forced to talk about the break up with Greg, so it was best to put a lid on the curiosity. Self-preservation was a wondrous thing.

“I don’t want to dress like a boring school teacher anymore. I want to look like a successful artist and writer. I want to look sexy,” Stacie said with a little sass.

“All right, follow me.” Jenny took Stacie’s hand and led her into the store.

Stacie tried on dozens of outfits. None of the clothes even remotely resembled the conservative teacher wardrobe she’d left in Maine. Most of it would not have met Greg’s approval either. She’d even bought a pair of cut-off shorts. The frayed hem was a perfect metaphor for her new persona…crazy and unpredictable.

Jenny found skirts and slacks and shirts while Stacie picked out dresses, mostly pulled from the clearance rack. Stacie was trying to be thrifty, not wanting to blow her savings before she was pulling in an income from writing.

When they left Nordstrom Rack about three hours later, Stacie had two sexy dresses, three trendy shirts, two pairs of capris, a denim skirt, two pairs of jeans, and a few tank tops. “Now to get you some sexy new undies,” Jenny said.

“You read my mind.” They hit four more stores and Stacie ended up with a week’s worth of sexy panties and coordinating bras. It was a little after 5:00. “I’m starving,” Stacie said. They were at the Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, about fifteen miles north of Seattle. “Food court?” she asked Jenny.

“Let’s go see what they’ve got,” Jenny replied.

By the time they got back to the condo, it was nearly 8:00.

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