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Now Danielle’s eyes narrowed "What’s that supposed to h for hiht So back off, heifer And you ers too Just sayin’"

Danielle leapt to her feet as well "Who’s going to make me, you skinny, skank cow?"

That’s when they dove at each other and wrestled around on the floor, fighting like two cats

Rosa stood there gaping Jonathan ran in from the private client room, skidded to a halt, and looked horrified Then he pointed at Lily

Lily got the e Deal with this She pulled the handheld faucet fro station and squirted both teens Worked like a charone and the ive you a raise for reed Not that she’d hold her breath Jonathan was so tight with his e, thirty-so lumberjack with a Wild-Man-of-Borneo beard He requested a shave

Lily pulled out the clippers to trim the bushy beard but he stopped her

"My head," he said

She looked at his beautiful thick, luscious mane of hair "You sure?"

He patted the top of his head "Positive"

"But--"

"My wife has cancer," he said, and then he ran a hand over his face "So yeah, I’oes"

Afterward he tried to pay her, but Lily refused to accept any money from him

When he’d left, Jonathan came up to her, arms crossed

"Don’t worry," she said "I’ll pay for it out ofbeat "You’re pretty da out of your earnings I’ve got it covered Because for cancer, anything goes Always"

It was six o’clock before Lily left the salon It’d been a long day,about Aidan This isn’t over, he’d said And then there’d been the conversation with her ot into her car, but instead of going ho at the trailhead to the hiking trails There she drew in a deep breath and looked at herself in the rearview mirror "You’re okay," she told herself

Her reflection didn’t look convinced

"You just need to feel Ashley," she said, testing that theory out loud