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Throughout all my childhood, I’d always felt like a s like nor continued because I was so paranoid But after the way my family had always treated me like an outsider, I’d been too afraid to put row old alone and sad because I could never find a place to fit in But yesterday, a boy had told me he loved me, and he’d kissed irl today; I freaking glowed And I knehere I fit in now

Suddenly understanding why Jereinity, I flushed even harder Would people really be able to tell I was in love just fro at me? What if soate? What if, soether?

"Felicity!" Mother’s irritated voice called fro? The hair stylist and h, I fastened the rest of o with it, and hurried fro"

As I clattered down the steps, Mother glared at me from the bottom "Tread more carefully, will you? You sound like a herd of buffalo troive the hair stylist the illusion you’re a proper young lady"

"Sorry," Iin disgust, Mother grabbedin the parlor to fix rimaces and were extra nice as they worked simultaneously on uard, offering the occasional nasty critique, and by the tiood I swear the hteen, maybe even older And there wasn’t an ounce of frizz to rapher’s here," Father announced as he strolled by, shuffling through a pile of mail in his hands

"Good" Mother urged me to stand with an almost proud smile, then she called sharply "Abbott She’s ready What do you think?"

"Hmm?" He paused to frown at her

Mother hitched her chin lanced over, barely looking at o out of state to find just the perfect stylist to produce this kind of miracle to her untamable hair"

I shrank my shoulders a little, eht she’d been happy with me and the way I looked But no, she was pleased with the transfor from my newfound love in front of her or anyone else in my family, I followed her outside, et the day over with

Garrettht’ve looked better if you’d stuffed your bra"

I gazed after hi and suddenly self-conscious What if Knox had had the saht? What if he’d been disappointed? He hadn’t seeht, but what if--

"Felicity!" Mother snapped "My God, what is wrong with you? Quit dawdling and co"

I nodded and hurried after her toward aover his shoulder and one of those enormous professional cameras in hand

He’d already scoped out the yard and had a few places in etting stung by a bee at the rose arbor, but I didn’t say a word

After getting a azebo, Mother decided she wanted a farapher was on hand

Twentylater, the ht have been the only person to tell me I looked nice, but he was too self-absorbed at the hts, to notice anyone else, and I was grateful

I wasn’t sure what to think of hiht’ve even trusted Garrett ht over any loathing he felt Max was too guarded, and now I kneasn’t quite as kind as I’d always thought he was

Lost in hts about hoanted to avoid Max from here on out, I nearly jumped out ofand crashing to the ground, came from the trees just inside the woods