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Mandy got the fillings for the rolls out of the fridge.
“But I’m not like that.”
“Why?”
She buttered the bread while she thought about how she would answer that question.
“Things happened that changed me. I guess I just never changed back.”
“What happened to you yesterday?”
“What? Nothing,” Mandy quickly added. “Why would you ask me that?”
“Because last night you came to Joe and Bailey’s and let us do a makeover on you. And today you’re being more open than you’ve ever been with me.”
Mandy didn’t know how to reply to that. She did feel different today. Like she was maybe a little bit stronger.
“Mandy?”
“I don’t know, Rory. I guess I just want to try harder.”
“Excellent. I’ll help you with that if you need me to.”
“Thanks, I think.”
“For now I will say that your hair looks amazing, but that dress has to go.”
Because it hangs on you like a sack. You have a nice body, why hide it.
Ted hadn’t liked her dress either.
“What’s wrong with my dress?”
“It’s horrible and too big. We need to go shopping.”
“I need some exercise clothes actually, like the ones Bailey loaned me.”
“Good. Okay, we’ll set a day, and I’m sure the others will want to come. Pip looks ready to burst, so we should do it soon.”
“Okay,” Mandy said before she could say no. She usually would, and if not immediately she would do so via text message, which was the easy way to get out of something.
“Sweet.” Rory leaped off the bench. “I’ll talk to the others, and we can make a date.
“Thanks, Rory.”
Her friend waved her words away and hurried out the kitchens. Rory hurried everywhere.
Be strong in here, Mandy.
“Mind if I invade your space, Mandy?”
She watched Buster Griffin walk into her kitchen.
“Sure. What can I do for you, Mr. Griffin?”
“Buster. I have a cafe in Lake Howling, so I like to visit kitchens when I leave there.”
He wasn’t tall, but solid. Thick shoulders and neck. The men she liked respected him, so she should feel comfortable with him here in her space. She kept doing what she was doing and waited for her heart to stop racing. It would, she knew that, but it would take a minute.
