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Clarke woke up in a cold sweat and looked around to see the one story, brick house she'd worked so hard to afford surrounding her She turned to her right and scooped up the clothes she'd set out for herself the night before and began pulling them on one piece at a time

It wasn't the first dream she'd had like that, and she knew if she told anyone they'd probably tell her she needed to see a therapist But she knew for sure that a therapist couldn't handle her proble Besides, Clarke was more than aware of what her flaere; she didn't need so them for her One day, they'd either work themselves out, or she'd be the cat lady that all the little kids were scared of

She tiptoed into her bedrooap between the bathroom and the main part of the bedroohtener and went to find some shoes in the closet After her dream she was totally over heels, so she just settled for soh to worry about that kind of thing anyway

Clarke looked at herself critically in the e curls She had been trying to get rid of the back like a family of cockroaches after the apocalypse She wanted to stomp around in frustration like she souest So, she just scowled at herself in the htened her face out, reive her wrinkles way earlier than she was ready for them She spent hundreds of dollars and several hours in the er There was no reason to ruin it in one fit of frustration

She grabbed her h it until she found just what she needed; all 12 items To some it may have seemed extreme, but Clarke knew the importance of perfection especially now that she owned her own business If herelse, it was that

As she drew on her perfect face she caught her bed in the corner of theShe'd rocery store the day before when she went to pick up soht his na like that She couldn't quite re out for dinner and then he came home with her