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Butch ca, he was so excited, and I suspected he was on so other than just adrenaline

"Glory, oh, stand up, lady Look at you What have you done?" He turned ood shot "You’ve been dieting, you bad girl I’ll have to take in this fabulous dress"

I couldn’t stop grinning "Afraid so But this is a big event for et in shape"

"I can see that, girlfriend So I won’ta tuck here and there one little bit" He whipped the cover off his dress, then letand accessories

"Wow" I was almost speechless Butch had chosen black forto look skinny Now that I was a six, I’d look positively waiflike in it Hht This black dress was ed front and back The thin straps were rhinestone Too bad the whole thing looked like a naughty nightie for a circus elephant My new, slim body would be lost in the yards and yards of fabric

"Black is good I have a lot of black in my wardrobe" I turned Uh-oh My lack of enthusiasm had crushed his spirit "Let me try it on I want to feel how it moves"

"Thanks, Glory Give it a chance I believe it will make you feel like the beautiful woman you are" He carried the dress to the bedroom where he had a brief discussion with the assistant because apparently it was hard to tell the front from the back of his creation I did like the way the dress felt The fabric floated away froled from the deep vee at the neckline and moved when I walked

"Love the shoes" I stepped outside and walked over to the s They were rhinestone sandals "And the bag" A vintage silver clutch that I would have liked to sell in e on you" He sniffled and wiped his eyes, then pulled out soed for you to have froo with the dress" Butch put a fabulous sapphire and dias in my ears

"Oh, !" I felt like a princess I really, really wished for Ian’s "mirror" "I’ll definitely keep all this in , Butch" I held the blousy fabric away from my body "Uh, everywhere"

"I can take it in" He started rooting around in his bag

"I’ll be honest, Butch I’ I haven’t seen before"

"No!" He turned around, a giant pair of scissors in his hand, and aih the air and knocked him on his butt The scissors landed on the carpet a few feet away

"Help!" Butch screa an inch fro to start asking questions I grabbed the scissors

"Butch, are you okay?" Stupid question The designer sobbed and had covered his face with both hands "Valdez, no!"

No one else in the room moved Well, except for Zia, who’d hopped on the couch and had pushed three assistants in front of her like a human fence She held two of them by their hair

"This is why I have a cat, Glory" She wobbled and alnored her and her poor assistants’ screeches of pain and pulled on Valdez’s collar, but he wasn’t ready to ht you were threateningto do with theers "Can’tbreathe"

Of course no one else had the nerve to get near Valdez, not when he barked and snapped again, this tiers I feltSo not the time for that Too bad Butch had a tasty type Down, Glory

"Oh,to eat"Or aniive her a look that should have melted the lacquer off herPlease Butch as vampire slayer? I don’t think so

"Cal this Seriously, do not call anyone Or this shoill not go on" I swept the room with an icy stare and heard several cell phones snap shut "Thank you" I turned back to e to back off, which he’d ignored Apparently he wanted his TV ave his collar a serious jerk