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Kylie had been working a popular drag show Off Broadway for the last two months, and she had to admit that she absolutely loved it There was not an audiencequeens, she litter to Carla the French’s eyelids It was a bit like co home They loved her makeup, loved her, and loved to experiment with new and dramatic looks, which Kylie also adored Thefantastic, too: funny and sweet and no one had thrown a flowerpot at her head Nothing like her last job, Kylie thought with amusement

She finished and leaned back for Carl/Carla to inspect He peered in the mirror and then nodded "Good job, babe"

"Thanks" She felt a bit like preening "Go out there andthe up with a flourish of pink boa

Kylie grinned and began to tidy her station She could put away her things and leave for the evening now that the es and makeup remover for thein the past was crap, and Kylie was particular about her canvases, and theaway the last of her bottles when someone knocked at the er "You have visitors"

When Kylie looked up, she sucked in a breath

There, in the doorith a stranger at her side, was Daphne Petty, global superstar

The last six h for Daphne Kylie hadn’t seen her, but she knew from Cade’s reports that rehab was an uphill cli all over her, determined to be the ones to catch her when she slipped Then, she’d left rehab three leefully reported that, too There wasn’t a day that Daphne wasn’t in the tabloids in soative fashion or another

Butshe looked really daood

Daphne had put on at least twenty pounds from when Kylie had last seen her Maybe thirty The holloere gone from her face, and she lookedwith a thick fringe of bangs, and her skin was clear of -thin, but had curves to it She wore a plain black sweater and a pair of jeans, and gave Kylie an aard s ti Daphne "It’s so good to see you! How are you?" She wrapped her arht for a er felt brittle underneath her grip, and that she actually hugged Kylie back

"I’reat," Daphne said as they pulled away "And I should probably introduce you to Wesley He’s uard slash slap-estured at the Goliath behind her

Kylie eyed the man He ell over six feet tall, had a body like a pro wrestler, and looked ratherstrict She offered him her hand "It’s nice to meet you"

"Likewise" He scanned the rooht was rather sweet It was nice to see so her down a bad path

"So," Kylie said, "I’m surprised you’re here in NYC" She tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear, hating that it’d been a feeeks since she’d colored her hair and her ends weren’t as vivid as they could have been She’d just beenbusy When she wasn’t working, she was running around the city with the ladies of their Ladies Night Table She and Maylee had grown exceptionally close and traded recipes back and forth

And when she wasn’t with the ladies? She ith Cade Glorious, wonderful Cade Cade, who had a crazy schedule between charities and foundations and his business--Archer Industries--and going overseas for aed to find time to make her feel pampered and loved and utterly, completely adored Sometimes she ith hi medical conferences in a row, her eyes started to cross and she stayed hoh, her phone exploded with pictures and textsand she reciprocated They lived through texts and phone calls until he got ho and reconnecting

It onderful Perfection, even And seeing Daphne looking and feeling better? Instead ofher wary and jealous, she was just really happy for her that she’d found some measure of peace