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by
Lila Monroe
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June 30 - September 1, 2024
Wait. Do onion rings count as vegetables? If so, then pickles do, too. I’m practically eating a salad.
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Can you bribe him?” “With what?” Eve asks. Zoey smirks. “Sexual favors.” I laugh. “No thank you. I don’t need to floss with all that hair, thank you very much.”
Lol
maybe the pants are—eh hem—slightly too tight. And he forgot to mention the zucchini to go along with those tomatoes. Okay, maybe the pants are way too tight if I can see all his vegetables.
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changing the way someone dresses can change the way someone feels about themselves,”
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sometimes all it takes is a stylish outfit to remind someone that they can be more than they imagined—really give the confidence to start over again. And when everyone’s judging you by what you’re wearing, or if you look professional enough to give you that break … it can really make the difference.”
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Like she feels my gaze, she glances over and smiles. Not one of her careful, suspicious smiles she gives me when I’m teasing her or when she’s yanking my chain. No. This is a real smile. An open smile, filled with joy. One that tells me so much about her—about a different side of her that I never imagined existed. A side that it turns out I like. Very much.
Sparks
I go to my bathroom and open the cabinet, grabbing my electric razor. What’s that she’s been saying? Get the confidence to make a change inside, as well as out. “You better give me a fucking gold star,” I grumble, and turn on the shave setting. Goodbye Bigfoot. The beard is no more.
Omg. He's letting go of the beard!
get set up with my own cucumber water and am just starting to really relax, letting out a long breath, when I hear an almighty yell from down the hall. A yell so jarring that it nearly makes me drop my glass. Jodi and I exchange an amused look even as we cringe. We both know that sound. That’s the sound of a man getting waxed.
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“Oh, honey, I can handle a stick no problem,” I tease, before I realize what I’ve said. Luckily, he’s still too asleep to catch a double entendre.
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“Come on. Would I lie about what happens in a confessional? I’d go straight to hell.” “And give the devil a hard makeover,”
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“In the trailer. It’s in the box marked, ‘I was bullshitting’. You’ll find it right next to the bug spray I didn’t put on.”
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“Were you looking at my tents?” Gemma quips. “Well, they’re very well-built …” I shoot back, and she laughs.
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“Sometimes the biggest fights were over the littlest things.”
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“No,” he says when he bends to nip at my lip. “Martin sometimes, but not Brody. He’s a bad kisser.”
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I haven’t fought for anything in a long time, but I want to fight for her. For us.
<3
You brought me back, Gemma. I was … lost. You made me want to be me again.”
Aw…
