pretty dresses and boys. I can’t imagine it happening, though. Despite my insistence that I’m happy about this marriage, the truth will come out eventually. My heart cracks at the thought. A noise at the door causes Caitlín and me to jerk our heads in that direction. My mother stands in the doorway, and I rise. My heart aches a little more at the hesitant smile she sends my way. There’s a new tension between us that’s never been there before. It won’t leave though. Not now. Not after all this. “I see your sister has weaseled her way into your room. I assume she’s let you in on our plans for
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