Asking for a Friend

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voice rang out from the hall before s

She'd pulled off her coat already and was working on her gloves as she flicked on the kettle

nable to help the smile pulling at my lips. I loved that she felt so at home her

d some egg onto her fork and bypassed

d off, suddenly remembering Annie was in the room wit

n she sighed. "Bigger, yeah.

g, "He got a dragon. I think it probably bite

. "Not all guys, just guys my

I told her. The kettle started boiling and I g

as though it was a fact we shou

h of milk to our coffees before carrying them o

just leave it at me taking Annie's advice. Dating is gro

lunteered. "Annie and I talked about doin

" Denise and I were both what people would caller bigger, beautiful women. We weren'

over it shortly after I met her. Real women had curves, and that was how we felt about it. We we

y, but the obsession with it. The way I looked at it, your build was your build. You could either accept and embrac

joying breakfast with my family and not, in fact, busy delivering a mot

"Next week there's a ballet starting I thought Anni

cutlery to clap her hands together excit

ly she could see there was something wro

iment about how close we'd grown. I'd never been a sister to anyone before, but I had

. She was so sensitive to my feelings. "I have no clue. Since my boss passed, no one r

ssured me. "In a company that size

my voice even. "People hired us for him, not the firm

enise said. "Plus, who knows, may

the case." It would've been nice thou

ut worry for a fraction of what he was bound to have had in his bank accounts. I