![]() ![]() “You look good,” he said, admiring my emerald green dress. In that moment, I caught Bill’s gaze in the reflection, his normally mild eyes watching me intently. ![]() I’d wrestled especially long with my tangles tonight, but looked particularly posed as a result so much so, that if one thing were to tremble, everything else would come tumbling down. In the trash laid the scattered teeth of yet another broken comb. Perfectly coiffed hair, teased and styled into a long bob, floated just at my shoulders, every shiny brown lock suspiciously cooperating. ![]() I drew back slightly from the mirror to admire my work. Next came a translucent lip gloss that left threads of goop as I smoothed my lips together. I had always lacked the patience for lipstick and only used it for special occasions. She thought of it all morning until, when they met the next day, she asked him to dinner.ĮVER SO SLOWLY, I touched the tube to my parted lips and glided on the Ruby Red. When Olivia awoke the next morning, she started as the dream, which felt more like a memory, flooded over her. He kissed her with gentle reverence and made love to her in the dark, where his touch was as real as if he’d been there in bed next to her. Relation Between Colonialism and Climate Change ![]()
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