Cringing, she glanced over her shoulder to check he wasn’t coming after her. She’d deliberately left out the part about the costume. He never would have agreed to be her assistant if she’d mentioned it and she was desperate. The month of December always proved difficult to get help because all the university students she usually hired were off enjoying the summer sun. To make matters worse, her fulltime assistant was out with the chicken pox, caught from twins they’d photographed earlier in the month. She ducked into Em’s office and shut the door. Not wasting any time, Talli pulled her costume out of her backpack and began to change. A shaft of guilt stabbed at her middle. She hadn’t wanted to deceive Dean, but she’d been out of options and knew he’d never agree to help if she’d given him the full details. The look on his face when she’d mentioned the children’s Christmas concert she’d be photographing had been more than enough to shut her up when she’d asked him to be her temporary assistant.
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