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Chapter One
“Me? A ”
Janica Ellis’s lower lip trembled “Please, Lily Sonia has the stomach flu She wasto the ski fro break My first big fashion shoith major buyers in the audience You just need to model one dress for me”
Underto help out her little sister But not when
“anything” included showcasing her un-hts while tottering down a runway in stiletto heels Already she could hear the baffled whispers froe?” She would pass out from humiliation
She already felt painfully uncool aners and artists Just walking the two busy city blocks froe to the Moscone Center in the very hip San Francisco, South of Market area, was enough to ” stamped across her chest
Shaking her head forcefully, Lily raised her voice over the din of the e “I came to sit in the audience and applaud your incredible clothes, not to put on a skintight, see-through dress and parade around like a lu elephant”
So then why, Lily wonderedpoked with pins and ynous makeup artist?
A sarcastic inner voice wasted no ti, Because you’re a lily-livered pushover, that’s why
How apt the nae If she had been named Petunia or Violet, would she have been petite and cute, with a button nose and straight brown hair? In her daydreams, Lily was a reed-sliht blond hair and sparkling blue eyes who everyone gazed at with envy Just like the woht alone in her apart for her was the blue eyes But given the fact that they were on her face, Lily figured they ht as well have been mud brown And as far as Lily was concerned, her out-of-control curly red hair and pale skin didn’t help matters any She slumped her shoulders in defeat
Janica grunted with displeasure and forcefully pushed Lily’s shoulder blades together “You need to keep your back straight for ht”
But when Lily looked in the e pair of brsts encased in a wildly printed sheer h
“Janica, stop,” she pleaded “My chest looks like the spinnaker of a large ship”
Her sister glanced into the mirror, and insisted, “It does not”
At the barely masked worry in Janica’s eyes, Lily wished she had kept her h, Lily said, “Don’t worry, Jan Swashbuckling pirates always hightail it toward sirls with twenty-inch waists and French h the salty seas just fine”
Around a ot an overactive iination Pirate ships and salty seas Your creative talents are definitely wasted at Barker’s Furniture Besides, estured to her A cups “Like eous curls and your peaches-and-crea? Which, if you hadn’t already noticed, is perfectly highlighted by this fabric” Janica took a step back to study Lily more closely and sucked in a breath “Wow, you look incredible You’re going to blow all of the other models away up there It’s as if I made this dress just for you”