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13
SHANEL
My alarm goes off.
Catherine springs up from the couch. “It’s eight o’clock.”
“Okay.” I run my fingers over my braids. I took down my curly weave and left my braids in without refreshing them with water or products. I’m not too worried about reinstalling since I used to put in my own wigs and weaves back home anyway.
A glance in the mirror shows a character that could walk straight out of Orange Is The New Black.
This should be enough to get my point across.
Turning to Catherine, I spread my arms wide. “How do I look?”
“Cute.”
“Seriously?” I pout. “I still look cute in this baggy shirt and over-alls?”
“Yeah.”
I frown. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Tell you what?”
“I wasn’t going for cute.”
“Oh.” Catherine bats her thick lashes and says genuinely, “Well, you look beautiful.”
“Catherine!”
“What?”
I turn to the mirror again and frantically pinch my cheeks, considering my naked face. My nose splays out in all its broad glory, free from my contouring makeup. “What can I do to look less attractive?”
“Surgery?”
I glare at her.
“Maybe a hairy mole?” She taps her chin and surveys me from head-to-toe. “No, not even that would work.”
“That’s not what I want to hear,” I bawl.
She shrugs sorry.
The door thuds.
“Shanel, I’m here.”
Hawk’s voice.
Panic builds in my body.
I’m still nervous about this. Even though it’s my own plan, I’ve never let a man see me in my natural, don’t-give-a-damn state.
This is the real, unfiltered me.
No wigs.
