Hustlers
“She glanced down at her rhinestone sandals and wobbled on the heels for a moment. Who can walk in this crap?
“Stop fidgeting,” her father said. “You look beautiful.”
She peered at her father with narrowed eyes, who appeared at ease in his fitted tux, but then he wasn’t wearing ridiculous heels. “These things make me useless. I can’t even run in them.”
“You don’t need to run anywhere tonight. You’re supposed to be enjoying yourself.” He nodded at the busy ballroom surrounding them. “...You wanted to feel like a girl, right?”
She grabbed a glass of champagne off the tray of a passing waiter and then downed it in one swig. After a long conversation with her father and Jimmy, she’d finally managed to explain that she was a girl, and girls needed to do things that weren’t high-risk jobs sometimes. “This really isn’t what I had in mind. I was thinking rock concerts or going on a date.MoreLess
“Stop fidgeting,” her father said. “You look beautiful.”
She peered at her father with narrowed eyes, who appeared at ease in his fitted tux, but then he wasn’t wearing ridiculous heels. “These things make me useless. I can’t even run in them.”
“You don’t need to run anywhere tonight. You’re supposed to be enjoying yourself.” He nodded at the busy ballroom surrounding them. “...You wanted to feel like a girl, right?”
She grabbed a glass of champagne off the tray of a passing waiter and then downed it in one swig. After a long conversation with her father and Jimmy, she’d finally managed to explain that she was a girl, and girls needed to do things that weren’t high-risk jobs sometimes. “This really isn’t what I had in mind. I was thinking rock concerts or going on a date.MoreLess
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