One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan

Author:Sarah Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2019-04-12T16:00:00+00:00

Grace

Grace turned her head from side to side, admiring her hair in the mirror.

She felt excited but also nervous, which was crazy, of course. What did she have to be nervous about?

She was having dinner with an old friend, that was all.

Except, Philippe had been more than that, hadn’t he?

First love.

When she’d left Paris without even having a chance to say goodbye, she’d cried the whole way home on the flight. She cried for the life she was leaving and the life she was returning to. The crew had kept her plied with tissues.

She’d stepped off the plane into the chaos and conflict of her life. It was like plunging into freezing water after swimming in a tropical ocean. Suddenly she was negotiating a world filled with jagged edges instead of smooth curves. The only solid thing had been David. It had been like grabbing a tree, knowing that it wouldn’t move as the floodwaters of life rushed over her.

David had put her back together, piece by piece.

Eventually he’d replaced the piece that had belonged to Philippe. It was as if he had never existed.

“Grace?” There was a hammering on the bedroom door and Audrey’s voice. “What are you doing in there? You’d better not be messing with your hair! Are you ready?”

“Yes.” She took a last look at her reflection.

She didn’t see David’s wife. She saw herself.

Maybe beauty wasn’t what you saw in the mirror. It was what you felt inside.

The woman in the mirror didn’t have a plan. She didn’t ever glance at a list. She went where the impulse took her.

She opened the door and Audrey whistled.

“That outfit is perfect. Stunning. And those gold sandals are right on trend.”

The strappy gold sandals had been just one of many outrageous purchases.

Grace had been afraid Audrey would want her to buy clothes designed for a woman half her age, but that hadn’t happened. They’d found a small boutique and the first thing Audrey had picked out was a beautiful dress in Mediterranean blue. The top was fitted and left Grace’s arms bare, and the skirt flowed from the waist in tiny pleats. Audrey had also talked her into buying a pair of gold strappy sandals and a sun hat with a wide brim and a ribbon. While Grace had been trying everything on, Audrey picked out a couple of tops, a pair of well-cut jeans and a white floral skirt that fell just below the knee. It was bright and summery, but still sophisticated.

“You should be a stylist.” Grace did a twirl in the blue dress, loving the way it felt and looked. Was that really her in the mirror? She’d had no idea that clothes could make her feel this good. Some of her friends bought new outfits every week, but Grace had invested in a capsule wardrobe that could be easily adapted for every occasion in her life.

This was the first time she’d had to dress for dinner with an ex-lover and nothing in her wardrobe covered that.

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