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I blew out a breath, nodded "Okay," I said "Let’s get to work"

Lindsey took the statement seriously She pulled my hair into a ponytail, scrubbed es and seru powder

While she worked, Shay , soraphs It wasunnerving

"When was the last time you were this poked and prodded?" Mallory asked

"Last night!" Lindsey squealed, leaning forward to click her glass against Mallory’s

"You’re both incorrigible," I said

"We do have that in common" Lindsey cocked her head "I like the look of the makeup so far Romantic, but not too ‘ept on the moors’"

I smiled "Possibly the title of the first romance novel I ever read"

Lindsey snorted, dabbed lipstick on the back of her hand, then dotted it acrossat loss’s applicator back into the jar again, then looked around the room

"I think that will do it Everyone?"

Everyoneover Lindsey’s work

"Very elegant," Helen said, which I figured was as good as a girl could get

"Now that you’re extragorgeous," Lindsey said, "are you finally going to let us see the dress?"

Anticipation fell over the roo

No one had seen it yet, not even Mallory I hadn’t looked forward to drinking cha four hours at a bridal store--that really seemed inefficient--but I had accepted that I’d have to do it I’d i thumbs-down to taffeta, circle skirts, and poufy shoulders It just hadn’t worked out that way I’d fallen for the first dress I’d tried on And since ere on a tight schedule, I’d snapped it up, giving the staff just enough ti day

It was the ht Jaw-droppingly expensive, but if I was going to spend ured this was the one And the price still probably paled in coht for me The fact that I’d used hardly any of the House stipend I’d been collecting for a year helped ease the guilt

"Sure," I said, and theyWhen I turned around again, they atching me

"I can pick my own clothes," I said sheepishly