Playing for Keeps
“— Sun Tzu, The Art of War I would have thought twice about agreeing to go with Nell for her fitting had I known I was going to have to try on my dress too. But I kept the thought of the endless supply of the Mistress’s champagne in my head and bucked up.
At least we were doing this on Friday afternoon, mostly because Chloe didn’t have class then. If the fitting were on the weekend, I’d have been resentful about missing out on spending time with Pete. As it was, he was working, and we were sup...posed to have dinner together later.
Besides, maybe this whole dress thing wouldn’t be so bad.
Okay, I was deluding myself. The fitting part—pure torture. And I’d be lucky if people didn’t howl with laughter when they saw me in it.
Nell was half an hour late picking up Chloe and me. She arrived at the house in a pissy mood, George in tow.
“I got stuck in fricking traffic.” She dropped onto a kitchen chair. George plopped down at her feet, just as moody. “There’s not supposed to be any goddamn traffic in Portland.MoreLess
At least we were doing this on Friday afternoon, mostly because Chloe didn’t have class then. If the fitting were on the weekend, I’d have been resentful about missing out on spending time with Pete. As it was, he was working, and we were sup...posed to have dinner together later.
Besides, maybe this whole dress thing wouldn’t be so bad.
Okay, I was deluding myself. The fitting part—pure torture. And I’d be lucky if people didn’t howl with laughter when they saw me in it.
Nell was half an hour late picking up Chloe and me. She arrived at the house in a pissy mood, George in tow.
“I got stuck in fricking traffic.” She dropped onto a kitchen chair. George plopped down at her feet, just as moody. “There’s not supposed to be any goddamn traffic in Portland.MoreLess
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