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“Hey, you’ve been at Miss Marcelle’s for six months,” Hallie pointed out “You’ve settled in real nice there”

“And you get your hair done in Houma” That fact had not been lost on Sera

Hallie blushed “Well, I’ve been going to Darlene for years It would be rude to ditch her now”

Sylvie held a hand up “And irl hair right here”

Sera wasn’t all that great hite girl hair, either She hadn’t expected Sylvie would be a client After all, her mom—Miss Marcelle—did run the salon

Hallie had complained about Darlene and her overuse of the scissors for years, but Sera sihed because she didn’t blaood at her job She could do a serviceable haircut, but she wasn’t all that creative She pretty hts, and that was all she had “Yeah, well, I do ood I don’t have a passion for it I tried but the only people who still come in and ask for me are Lisa and her sister Lila My clientele has become mostly men, and they stare at my boobs Marcelle ran one out last week”

“I heard she chased him out with a broom because that was how she took out the trash,” Hallie said

Sylvie frowned, an expression Sera had seen her friend use on theof constituents “Moet the sheriff to track that jackass down Then she tried to get me to make a city ordinance, since I a a woal and we don’t need an extra law”

It hadn’t been a great day Sera had been left in tears after that jerk had hit on her “He grabbed my butt and asked if I did private haircuts When did I becoirl?”

Hallie turned to look at her “What girl?”

“The bad girl The one men think they can play around with until the one they ” It hadn’t been like she’d had a bad reputation in school She’d dated Ben Reed for three years until he’d gone off to college and hadn’t coh he hadn’t liked Wes hanging around all the time She’d made one mistake and it looked like she would pay for it forever

Sylvie’s eyes had gone soft and syirl No one really is Men are jerks At least a lot of theht in front of the in the distance”