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The round faced woman shook her head “I don’t think we ever crossed paths in high school All I ever cared about was singing in the choir”
“I’lad I wasn’t mean to you,” Michelle said
“You did make my best friend, Joan Carmichael, cry once”
“I did? Is she here? I want to apologize to her for whatever I did” Maybe this hy she’d really coed her or because she cared what her co-bitches had becoh school Michelle hoped she hadn’t done any per a person could carry emotional scars She had a few from Jake Tremaine that still pained her on occasion
“Joan said she wouldn’t co for a million dollars,” Claudia said, “but I’ll tell her you’re sorry…”
“For?” Michelle asked
“Telling her she was too fat and clumsy to be on the cheer squad”
Michelle’s face went nuertips “I didn’t say that, did I?”
Fuck She was sure she had Dee had hand selected who she wanted on the cheer squad and had employed her friends to make the other hopefuls feel so bad about themselves that they didn’t bother to try out It had worked for the ainst Dee’s wishes had been Phoebe Gates She’d nized her talent, but she had never been welcoroup in the first place
“Tell Joan I rong And I wish she wouldn’t have listened to me and had tried out anyway I’
ht to make her feel otherwise Not me Not Dee Peterson Not anyone”
Claudia stared at her ide eyes “I’ll tell her She won’t believe you actually said that, but I’ll tell her”
“Is Phoebe Gates here?” Because Michelle wanted to apologize to her next
Claudia shook her head “I think Dee intentionally forgot to invite her”
Michelle wondered why she’d ever called that woman her best friend She didn’t even speak to Dee anymore and as far as she was concerned she never wanted to speak to her again
“Mishy!” a loud and enthusiastic voice carried across the gy of stilettos in her direction
Michelle cringed Never was apparently a very short span of time Only one person called her Mishy and refused to stop no matter how many times Michelle told her that she didn’t like to be called that It see to Dee after all