Smile and Look Pretty

by Amanda Pellegrino

Her job operated entirely under the radar, and she was only acknowledged if something went wrong.

Cate didn’t even have to think. It was all done for her. Sometimes all Lauren wanted was a second of not having to think.

Very few people in life deserve more than ten minutes of tears.

She didn’t owe him anything but, for some reason, she couldn’t push away the feeling that she did.

she didn’t want to accept her fate, she wanted to define it.