The tears I hadn’t been able to gather welled up in my eyes as soon as I saw the trio of smiling women waiting for me. I hadn’t talked to Morgan, Alexis, or my Aunt Lucy about this appointment, thinking it was better to get it over with sans fanfare with the absence of my mother being so acute. But seeing them… I’d never felt such relief before. “I’ll leave you all for a moment while I go grab a few dresses I think you’ll like,” the sales associate said as they stood to greet me. “And then we can get started.” “What are y’all doing here?” I breathed as soon as she was gone, trying valiantly to
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