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It didn’t look so bad Her lips were on the thin side, but they were rather nice It would be a long walk to fix it and her feet hurt

Her mother-in-laasn’t around to enforce the codes anyid rules of behavior The codes Always look perfect Never s should be understated but expensive A lady never raised her voice or complained

Why was she still following those rules? And why the hell couldn’t Angie wear her cute shoes to church? Everyone else did Did God truly care that her daughter was showing soe?

But she’d followed the, she wasn’t sure what she would do without them Those rules had beco too much

Those rules hadn’t saved Wes

She took a deep breath The well of her grief see, a dark pool that she couldn’t seem to climb out of

“Moie stood in the hallway

She shook her head How long had she been standing here staring at herself in the mirror? “Yes?”

“Are you all right? I’o Unless you’ve changed your le Sunday”

Oh, but it was only weeks before Angie’s wedding and their absence would absolutely be noted There would be gossip, and avoiding gossip was the foremost of the codes She s It was a sedate Louis Vuitton that ith practically anything A show of her wealth “Of course we should go We need to talk to the priest about changing the candles in the sanctuary before the big day He’s being unreasonable”

“I think he’s trying to follow church rules,” Angie replied

Celeste waved that off Some rules were e check was involved Money ht not be able to purchase happiness, but it could buy candles in the proper color scheie, those shoes are fine for church”