Lucy swallowed hard on a burst of angry exasperation. Jane, who sat in the corner, entirely dressed in a beautiful Red Gown, doling out instructions. Lucy had very narrowly sidestepped having her ear lobes pierced there and then and she had Eva to thank for tactfully suggesting thread be used to attach the earrings instead. ‘Do you know where my clothes are? She was so Innocent cute and a virgin. I would remain impervious to her charms always. She wasn’t going to get her own room tonight this time or even her own bed because she was supposed to share the bed. At that moment I entered the room, seeing me Jane cast her phone down and I studied her enquiringly. She had insisted on doing her own make-up though, having run her eyes over her companions, already festooned in their glad rags and best jewelry for the wedding, their faces over-rouged, their eyelids bright blue. Deal with it, she instructed herself, and she went back into the bathroom and wanted to remove the jewelry, ornate kaftan
