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"I think this is okay, Grace. You already look stunning. Even as you laid in that bed, unconscious, you still looked beautiful."

She groaned and rolled her eyes, "Oh please, don't remind me of those days. It was crazy seeing my face like that, I was terrified that the scars would never fade." I laughed as I moved closer to her as she adjusted her dress. I helped her put on her necklace around her neck - the emerald one I made for her. "Well they did."

She stopped, seeming frozen for the briefest seconds then she screamed and hugged me tightly. "You found it!"

"I snatched it from that witch's neck, she had it on."

"Maybe, you should have strangled her with it," she suggested and we both broke out in a git of laughter.

"Oh no, please," I said amidst laughter, "I don't want to end up in jail like Richie. I'm sure her father would make sure I rot in jail."

"Mark wouldn't allow it," she wiggled her brows.

I rolled my eyes, "Oh please, that one is in the past now." Funny enough, since the day we both signed the divorce certificate, he hasn't even crossed my mind.

I'm sure Doris will," Grace said as she turned back to the mirror, her

making more of her favorites than mine. Then we spend the whole night chatting. I wanted her to get some rest but she insisted I filled

and the shares I acquired just because I was letting a man I didn't want go. What a bonus! Then I told her about Richie and the attack when I went to meet with the male clothing supplier and how Luigi had been my knight in shining armor that day. I filled her in on every tiny

"I was not around for just a few days and this much had

she heartily apologized for not being there for me

her lips, "We're

bag and the car key. "I'm driving," I announced

have

decided to make a reservation for us in a very fancy restaurant. Just to pamper ourselves and

to whatever music played on the radio as she took several

wineglass above my head, "To my best friend," I held her gaze below the bottom of the wineglass. "The strongest

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her smile was watery and her eyes glinted with retrained tears. I smiled at her, "You always adjust yourself quickly and look forward to

clink our glasses together. I sipped lightly from mine while Grace gently placed her glass on

blinked away the oncoming tears and fixed her shimmering gaze on me. "Thank you, Sydney." she said, "You always show up when I

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