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Everyone stopped eating and stared at her If it wasn’t for the co would have been offensive

Kirsty’s mother leaned over the table and patted her hand “Caroline, we all know that you didn’t have a lot of money to spend on clothes over the years, and you’ve done brilliantly But now it’s tiazines are being irl like you shouldn’t be wearing grey all the time You need a new look”

“But I don’t want to be different” Caroline felt slightly panicked

“Not different” Kirsty hugged her “Still you, only with some pretty dresses and a splash of colour Don’t worry I’ll s that suit you It isn’t a ”

“And lunch,” Jean reminded everyone

“I arey suits,” Caroline confessed as the worinned at her “The do planner that the colour scherey”

The wohed so hard they had to hold on to the table to stop frorinned at them “Fine, we’ll burn my suits”

A cheer went up

Caroline got into the spirit of things “We’ll burn all of it I have money I’ve only had myself to look after these past few years I can afford a new look” She surged to her feet “Let’s start a bonfire”

Kirsty tugged her sleeve “Aren’t you forgetting so?”

Caroline stared at her blankly

“The clothes, honey?” Kirsty said

“Oh yeah” She brightened “I’ll get Josh to bring theot a cell phone with Josh’s number in it?”

Helen dug hers out of her bag and dialled the number Then she handed it over

“Hey, Mo up some sandwiches for him and his dad