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Christian couldn’t argue with that, but he could take his frustration out on the bathroom demo because he needed to after hearing that.
11
Changes Nothing
“That dress looks better on you than it does me,” Abby said three weeks later.
“I doubt that,” Liz said, looking at herself in the mirror. She didn’t think she’d find herself going to a wedding with Christian, but he’d asked her a few weeks ago and she’d said sure.
The problem was she had nothing to wear and didn’t want to buy a dress that’d she’d never wear again.
Her sister came to her rescue.
“It’s true,” Abby said. “Your boobs are much bigger than mine and it calls for that in the dress.”
She turned in the mirror again and saw how the light blue wraparound dress did fit across her breasts well. It was cinched at the waist and fell to her knees. Her sister was a few inches taller than her and she supposed this was meant to be above the knees.
“I guess you’re right. I like how it’s sleeveless too.”
“Your body is so smoking,” Abby said. “I’m jealous, but I know you lift weights now. You can see how toned your arms are in that dress. Mine are just thin.”
Abby held her arm up and tried to flex and there wasn’t much there.
She laughed. “It’s a lot of work and I need to be able to lift patients at work without hurting myself. I can’t afford to be out of work.”
Liz was able to keep things afloat so well because she worked so much overtime. It wasn’t like she had much of a life.
At least not before she met Christian.
Now she felt bad that she was working as much as she was.
“I can’t believe you don’t own one dress,” Abby said.
She sighed. “I’ve got a few sundresses, but you know as well as I do that I’ve got no reason to wear a dress.”
“You went out to dinner parties all the time before,” Abby argued. Then her sister almost caught herself with what she’d said.
No one could forget how she’d shown up with her car full of her belongings and nothing else.
There was no way she was taking more than what was hers. Or what she’d bought. Not that she could pick out every article of clothing she’d paid for herself, but none of those cocktail dresses had been her idea and she was damn sure not bringing them along.
“I saw no need for them here,” she said.
“Sorry,” Abby said. “Sometimes I just forget. You’re not that person anymore. Not in your body or in your eyes. Your actions. Nothing.”
She moved to her sister. “That might be the nicest thing someone could have said to me.” Abby’s arms went around her for a hug.
“Does Christian know anything?”
“Just his name was Tanner and that I left him quickly. I didn’t even mean to say that. We don’t talk about it. I don’t want to.”
“He’s okay with that?”
She moved out of her sister’s arms. “Why all the questions?”
“I don’t know,” Abby said. “You just seem so happy and you shouldn’t be hiding this from him.”
“It changes nothing,” she said. “I am happy.”
