Past Forward- A Serial Novel: Episode 11 - Plot & Excerpts
As she waited for permission to strip the green glop from her face, she slathered her body in the cream that Cheri insisted she needed. She stood, in just her undergarments, waiting for every ounce of the lotion to absorb without any hint of residue while Cheri and Marianne pressed and steamed her dress downstairs. Her fingernails held their first, and if she had any say in it, last coat of pale pink polish, and she held them awkwardly away from her, certain that they’d end up scratched or dented if she moved them. The clock chimed five o’clock. Willow heard threats of imminent demise if Chad dared to peek in Cheri’s bedroom. She no longer cared if the lotion fully absorbed; Willow just wanted to be sure he didn’t open that door and find her wearing nothing—or close enough to it! Cheri and Marianne arrived minutes later and the work on Willow’s face began. She tried to watch as Cheri worked moisturizer, mineral foundation, blush, eye shadows, powder, and then finally lip color that promised to stay fast until the next morning, but when mascara joined the party, Willow gave.
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