“My motor skills were being influenced by too much stress and late-night caffeine. Alex had talked me into coffee instead of wine since alcohol tends to lower my inhibitions and I have a tendency to be extremely truthful when under the influence. I had to agree that the situation called for tact, not truth.Mom and Rosemary kept showing me dresses while Bob and Alex pretended to watch a basketball game while buried in feline bodies. Both women were of the Valentine Fantasy Princess school of cout...ure and I had a bad feeling that I could end up looking like something that belonged on a box of truffles if I listened to them. I smiled and nodded anyway.I was using my own magazine to help hide my face. I had stopped looking at dresses and was instead looking at a picture of a vast lawn with a Jaguar parked in the middle of the expanse of velvety green. It was very peaceful. I would like to own a Jaguar someday, but it will never happen. We simply aren’t a match. I can look. I can admire. I fantasized about standing there on that lawn and running my hands over the long, sleek hood.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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