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“You either like me or you don’t

It tookyears to learn how to love myself,

I don’t have that kinda time to convince somebody else”

~ Daniel Franzese

DONATELLA

I hadn’t straightened my hair in a while so when I finally let it down, it was a thick et it done professionally to tiuest

“I never thought I’d see the day you orried about what to wear…”

Looking up from my mirror to the door; there stood Nari, in skinny pink trousers and a deep blue V-neck blouse, a single gold bar necklace around her neck Beside her, dressed in a yellow and white above-the-knee floral print dress was Helen, who frohile looking me up and down

“Are you trying to look nice for Gabriel?” Helen asked

“I don’t try to look nice, I do that naturally,” I corrected her, looking back to the oal; I need a look that will make him want to approach me”

“You want to seduce hi up besidein the reflection of my mirror “Isn’t it a little soon after—”

“He’s here for a reason,” I snapped at her, cutting her off before she crossed the line “And I’et rid of hi after him”

“But didn’t grandma invite him to stay?” Helen ca them up to my body When she found one she liked, she held it in front erous if she—”

“Maybe he has so on her?”