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Lily opened her ree with her sister’s compliments when theyour lip line now”

Hardly daring to breathe, Lily decided that a few minutes of extreme public humiliation orth it if it could ht back to the day Janica had one to live with Grandma Ellen after their parents’ death Only ten years old herself, Lily had been so proud of her talented, sparkling five-year-old sister Every now and then when it felt like Janica was growing up and getting further and further away froham sundress out froainst her cheek

You are going to have to suck it up and pull yourself together, Lily told herself in a firs and pouty lips

Lily pros tre the quivering in her stomach

“Would it help if Luke was here to cheer you on?” Janica asked with concern

Lily stopped chewing on her lip No question about it, her best friend Luke was exactly the right person to see her through this terrible ordeal He would et about how big and jiggly and stupid she felt wrapped up in high fashion, like Jell-O in cellophane

Maybe they could go see that new Queen Latifahwas over Lily loved any actress who had a full figure, even if it ht instead of a zero At least it proved that other women had curves, too

Feeling slightly calht srabbed Janica’s cell phone and dialed Luke’s number She quickly explained the situation to hi up

Thank God for her best friend He would never let her down

Luke Carson closed his cell phone with a snap, stood up, and thren a twenty “Sorry to drink and run, bro, but I’ve got ht now”

“Gotta get on your white horse again?” Travis Carson asked, his fullat the corners

Luke ignored Travis, like he had ignored hi a total jerk

So, as he had for the past three decades, Travis kept digging away at his younger-by-sixty-seconds brother

“You never should have rescued her cat frorade,” Travis drawled “It set a bad precedent A really bad precedent”

Travis took a slug of his beer but kept his eye on his twin brother to gauge his reaction to the ribbing