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Deciding to lay it on thick, I go ahead and flat out lie to the woet her to marry me for years I’m sure I’ll wear her down one day”

The women stare at me in astonishment, as if they can’t understand why Blue would be such a catch And because she ht actually have been elevated above their ranks, I see it in Christina’s eyes that she wants to knock her down It causes me to brace hard as I wait for it

“Blue,” Christina simpers as she looks slowly down Blue’s body, and my eyes snap back that way “That dress is so cute”

My girl blinks in surprise at the coeous too”

Christina’s s her on the shoulder “Of course, I could never pull off so job of it, doesn’t she?”

Before I can defend the seventeen-hundred-dollars I’d dropped on that dress or the nearly ten grand for the bracelet, and that doesn’t even take into account the Louboutins on her feet, Christina turns her attention to h school, Erik”

My jaw locks tight and Blue tenses up beside me

Christina shoots a quick look to Blue “No offense” Then she looks back to ”

I stay utterly still, not knohere Christina is going with this She slides her eyes over to her husband, sees hih her nostrils Her eyes go positively ly duckling, you know But I suppose she ‘blossomed’ somewhat”

Christina even uses air quotes when she says “blossomed”

“In fact,” Christina continues on as her two friends sidle in closer, wanting to feed off the nastiness of her words “Once, in high school—”

“What the fuck is wrong with you people?” I ask in a low voice that cuts sharply across Christina

Her chin jerks inward and she blinks at me in surprise “Pardon?”

“Pardon?” IBlue in closer towith you crazy people?”

Everyone is utterly silent except for Ellen who gives a distinctive snicker behind her hand which is covering her mouth