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painted a dark purple.
There were two lamps in the room, one in the back left
corner and one in the front right. Both were purple and shaped
like flowers, with three heads that lit up. They were a guilty
purchase, as they’d cost a fortune, but Dani had to have them,
and they looked amazing in the room. They didn’t mess with
the mood but gave off enough light to make the cards easily
readable. Other than that, there was only a small round table in
there with two chairs. Dani covered the table in a rich purple
satin tablecloth, thinking it gave the place fortune teller vibes.
She didn’t believe in that, but customers liked it, and she had
to pander to what they wanted, unfortunately.
Summer sat, her back to Dani. She had a slight build, so
slight that she looked delicate to Dani, just sitting there all
alone. She had the strangest urge to wrap an arm around that
girl’s shoulders and draw her to her. It was strange indeed, not
just because she’d get a harassment suit slapped on her, but
because Dani hated touching people. She hated being touched
even more.
A little unnerved by the crazy impulses, which had to be a
result of her brain misfiring, she slipped into the room and
took the chair across from Summer. The girl raised her
cornflower eyes to meet Dani’s, and Dani was again struck by
all that simple freshness. She inhaled deeply, expecting to
smell laundry on t
he clotheslines or a cottage by the sea,
something wholesome, but she only smelled the sharp, spicy
fragrance of the incense.
“B-before we start,” Summer said, her bottom lip trembling
just a little, “can I ask you something?”
