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“When your reed to let you stay over the su” When she could tell I wasn’t budging, she added “Honestly, Dani Just relax!”

“But,” I tried to counter

Justine threw her hands up “No, I don’t want to hear anything about it Besides,makeovers So really, this is as much forout

I knew there wasn’t any use in arguing, so I sat on the bed “Why would I need to borrow your clothes for tonight?” I said, as I looked down at ed out ofwith them

Justine looked at my outfit, from the collar to the hem of my jeans

“Yeah, it’s cute enough for dinner, but not for what I have planned tonight”

“And what do you have planned for tonight?”

Her eyes sparkled with mischief, the same way her lips had curled up when I’d first seen her at the bus station “You don’t want to ruin the surprise do you?”

Anxiety and exciteh my system as I helped Justine unpack etting started

At dinner that night, I kneas out of ue for sure

“So Melanie tellsa lawyer,” boo as he cut his salmon into neat cubes

“Yes,” I said, as I seta public defender”

“Really? You don’t plan onat his own non-joke We were sitting at a long table in anext toquietly, obviously shy in front of a stranger It was strange to think that so ed in the years since I’d last seen my cousins

“Well, I feel passionate about being able to help the less fortunate,” I ”