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“I got what I needed,” Deb grouses “Thiswhen my lawyer called to tell me it was done and done and Jackson wouldn’t be a part of my life anymore”
“That’s your mistake,” Donna informs her sister as they both follow me over to the side of the boutique where I keep all the clothing fro, so I like to prepare people with my little talk of how this stuff is all handIt’s like wearing so “Marrying a guy named Jackson I told you that no one named Jackson could be trusted”
“You say that about every single guy”
“Only the ones you meet because they’re all terrible”
I expect a tither and a bit of a tussle- at least verbally, but instead both wole together happily Apparently nothing is going to spoil Deb’s good mood
“It really does start out all good,” Deb says as she takes a step forward to insect the racks and displays of clothing “They sucker you in, let you think that they’re hung the bloody ht things You know it’s too good to be true, but you still get suckered into it anyway because they’re just so- so charuy that you’ve ever ht, like it’s meant to be”
My heart is starting to pound and I feel vaguely sick I’ sickness- finally- or if it’s really just what Deb is saying that’s getting tobefore they came in?
“Meant to be,” Donna scoffs She holds up a daring red dress that plunges low in the front and at the back It’s a beautiful piece, but Deb shakes her head “That’s tooout to celebrate, not to attract attention so that I can repeat ain
I don’t tell her that anything and everything in this section will attract attention, for the cut, quality, and uniqueness of the designs I want to make a sale, but I also don’t want to appear snarky I think it ht now Both sisters see there I try not to hover like a pushy salesperson or make it obvious that I want to knowLike everyone else, I guess I want to knohen the train wreck started, but unlike everyone else, I only want to know so I can potentially avoid one of my own
“The thing is, you can’t just fall in love after a day or two,” Donna ad You give your heart away too quickly”
Deb groans “You’re right But I did get two beautiful children out of the bargain, so how can I regret anything?”
“Youfor soood idea You can never fully know soly goggle eyes on for theht from the start Everyone is flawed You just wouldn’t listen to me and mom e tried to tell you that”
Deb sniffs in her sister’s direction and slowly reaches for an elegant, ereen dress It’s very understated, but I knoould look gorgeous on her “I didn’t fall in love with hiht ere a goodYes, I guess maybe he suckeredHe didn’t go fro a complete bastard the next It took time Years You know that”
“He still changed his zebra stripes real fast”
“That’s a stupid saying Oh! That one!” Deb points to a sleek black dress with a huge bow on the side It’s not what I would have picked out for her Decidedly vintage looking, it’s also very classy More for a five star, expensive dinner kind of date, but if she loves it, good on her She grabs for the hanger, tucking it in her hand beside the green one “Anyway, he ed, but maybe I did too”
“Yeah, for the better” Donna’s words are terribly dry, to h her sister isn’t paying attention “It starts out slow, though, ht I re doctor appointnant with Liam There was always so everything, then he was going out of town for work, which was really code for leaving you ho a e How token”