“Hm,” Mom says, lifting a sexy black two-piece and holding it toward my body. “This one has you written all over it, Freya. What do you think?” I open my mouth to answer, but before I can, a saleswoman gathering tried-on clothes from the rack outside the changing rooms says, “Oh, that’ll look beautiful on you.” She says it to my mom. My mom who has Claudia Schiffer’s looks—long and lean, wide eyes and dramatic cheekbones. While I have my mother’s pale eyes and bone structure, her light blonde hair, and the faintest gap between my front teeth, I am absolutely my father’s side of the family from
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