Chapter 65

Fiona gives me a tart little smack on the butt then, breaking my reverie and laughing as she hurries over to the jewelry box waiting on my vanity. I give her a weird look and cover my ass with my hands. “What is with people today,” I murmur.

She laughs again as she comes over to me, standing behind me

so that she can hook the diamond solitaire around my neck on its

slim silver chain.

“You got the ring?” she asks, smacking her gum.

“Oh, yeah,” I murmur, walking swiftly over to my bedside drawer

and pulling it open. I reach towards the back, fishing it out and pushing it swiftly onto my left hand.

When I look at Fiona, she’s crossing her arms and shaking her

head at me.

“A million–dollar diamond,” she says, “and you shove it in your

bedside drawer?”

“Um,” I say, biting my lip in response. I hadn’t even thought about

  1. it. I look around, wondering where else I should have put it-

“Nevermind,” she says, laughing at me more.

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I say, taking in her

come? I’ll feel so much better

says, coming to take my arm

a headache, is all – I’ll

comfortable here.”

about this world than I do. If she doesn’t want

to push her.

I

wait!” she calls, unzipping a garment bag and revealing a

gorgeous mink stole.

god,” I say, walking back towards it.

admiring it, “Vintage. You

wrap it around

not wanting to touch it. “Is it…like real? Were those

alive?”

“some kind of tree

wrong,” I protest, staring at it. “I feel so bad, thinking

those little animals

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hands. “It’s vintage. These minks died over

it

she says, wrapping it around me before

little pockets at the bottom which help me keep

leave them in the closet for another sixty

Take them out! Let the world

the room and down the stairs, brushing

wrap, enjoying the feel of the soft fur

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