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THE NEXT DAY, VIOLET and I went shopping. I loved having Violet around. I realised how much I missed her when she was working overseas. I didn’t have a lot of friends and my sister was the one person I could always turn to. It was hard not to be able to talk to her whenever I needed to. I had Charlotte of course, but I never felt that I could trouble her with my problems. I never wanted to upset Charlotte.
Later in the day I found myself out front of Diana’s lingerie shop. A feeling of sadness ran through me as I remembered the time I shopped there with Nathan.
“I need to get something to go under this evening dress,” Violet said and walked inside before I could object. I didn’t need anything else to remind me of Nathan.
I followed Violet inside and smiled at Diana standing behind the counter.
“Hello Rose. How are you?” Diana asked, smiling broadly.
“Very well, thanks Di. How are you?” I smiled.
“Good. Where is that boyfriend of yours?”
I smiled weakly. “Nathan and I aren’t together. We’re just friends.”
“Really? I saw the way he looked at you, sweetie, and I think he wants to be more than friends. It’s about time Nathan got himself into a real relationship, instead of all those floozy’s he’s always with in the society pages.”
Violet laughed. “Right on! Exactly what I was thinking.”
Diana nodded knowingly at Violet, then turned to me. “You know what happened with Nathan and his ex-fiancée?”
I nodded, my heart still hurt for him. “He told me.”
“Evil woman, that Kylie. We all warned him not to marry her,” Diana claimed. “I’ve known Nathan since he was just a few months old, and I’ve never seen him like he was when he found out that witch was cheating on him. He’s had that emotionless, vacant look on his face ever since. But the other week when he came in here with you, I saw some of that sparkle back in his eyes. Whatever you did, he looked alive again.” She reached over and patted me lightly on the arm. “Don’t give up on him, he’s a good man. Deep down he has a good, kind heart.” Diana smiled. “Alright, now, what can I do for you ladies today? This must be your sister, Rose. You two look a lot alike.”
Violet and Diana went about finding her what she needed to go under her evening gown while I sat and waited. Diana’s words rang over and over in my head. I had noticed a change in Nathan, especially while we were in Hawaii. I knew Nathan had been happy when he was with me and I had never been happier than when I was with him.
I quietly sighed to myself, my whole mind and body was exhausted. I decided that I wouldn’t let myself even think about Nathan tonight. I needed a night off.
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“HOW DO I LOOK?” I ASKED later that night as I twirled around my bedroom in my new dress.
“Beautiful. That dress is amazing,” Violet smiled.
I looked down at my royal red evening gown. It was made of a soft silk that clung to every curve of my body, making me seem as curvaceous as Violet. My hair was pulled up high on my head revealing my slender neck and accentuating the low vee on the neckline of my dress. The dress was beaded around the bottom and fishtailed out, a touch that made me feel especially glamorous.
“What about me?” Violet asked, showing off her black satin dress. It dipped low in the back, almost completely revealing the fact that she was wearing a tiny black lace thong.
“You look amazing, Violet. You’re going to be beating the men off with a stick,” I teased.
“I hope so,” she said, her eyes twinkling cheekily.
Violet and I caught a taxi to the Sydney Casino where the Christmas Ball was being held. We walked through the casino and out to the ballroom where a man was standing at the door checking people’s invitations.
“Good evening, ladies, invitations please,” the man asked.
I turned to Violet. “You have the invitation,” I stated.
“No, I don’t. You do,” Violet answered.
“I told you to get it because I couldn’t fit anything else in my bag.”
“No you didn’t.”
“Yes, I did,” I argued putting my hands on my hips.
“I’m sorry ladies, but if you don’t have an invitation, you can’t come in,” the man said, looking annoyed that we were holding up the line.
