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Rachel and Isabel had attended the sa-school, and become best friends from day one After Rachel’s parents were killed in a freak train accident when Rachel was only fourteen, the girls had grown even closer When Rachel’s upbringing had been taken over by her mother’s best friend, a nice lady named Lettie, Isabel had been thrilled to discover that Lettie lived in the sa the school holidays Rachel had often slept over at Isabel’s Soirls had beco better than to lie awake in bed at night and talk for hours
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Well, you don’t look like fifteen, Isabel thought with an inner sigh Rachel looked every one of her thirty-one years, and then soeous, with glossy auburn hair, flashing eyes and a fab figure which Isabel had always envied
But four years of nursing her terminally ill foster-mother had taken its toll Rachel was a mere shadow of her former self
Isabel had hoped that Lettie’s finally passing away—the poor love had been suffering fro back into the workforce would put soirl
But that hadn’t happened yet
Still, it had only been a feeeks
She had put on a couple of pounds, which was a start And when she slimpse of the vibrant beauty she’d once been
Hopefully, to, she’d sraphs of herself at a later date she’d be in for a shock Isabel knew that she herself was looking her very best Love suited her As did pregnancy
She was glowing
Isabel was glad now that she’d taken some measures to make sure her chief bridesmaid didn’t suffer too much by comparison
‘Promise me you’ll let my hairdresser have his wicked ith you tomorrow,’ Isabel insisted ‘Red hair will look much better with your turquoise dress than brown And its bare neckline needs curls bouncing around on your shoulders None of that wearing your hair pulled back like you do for work Or up in any way Rafe hates hair worn up on a woman, anyway I’ve also hired a make-up artist to do our faces and I don’t want to hear any objections’
‘I won’t object It’s your day I’ll do whatever you want But just a temporary rinse in my hair, please I don’t want to show up at the office on Mondaywith red hair’
‘Why not?’