Forty-One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars Hidden in the Cardboard Box
Susan stopped looking through a rack of silk scarves and turned around.
“Well?” Susan asked.
I looked into the tall mirror on the shop wall.
The blue dress fit without a single wrinkle, framing my neck and arms with quiet, simple grace.
For the first time in six years, I looked at my reflection and didn’t hear Max’s voice telling me what was wrong.
“It fits,” I said quietly.
“It does more than fit,” Susan said.
“It looks like you.”