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She walks through the department store, Christmas music blaring out everywhere, heat radiating from people rushing past on last minute errands. Oh, no. Hot flush. She can feel the swelter rising inside her, pushing to break through her skin any moment now and sending her into a sodden mess with her clothes clinging onto her like the skin around a sausage. Freda is striding away in front of her, pushing her bulk through the crowds, arms full of glossy shopping bags, chattering away and paying no attention to her friend’s struggles. “You get what you pay for, Mary. You pay for quality, you get quality,Read More →

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“Next, please.” She stood up and followed the tall girl to the wide chair. Choosing a bridal magazine from the pile in front of her, she settled into the soft white leather. She looked into the mirror and at the girl now standing behind her. “What can I do for you, my love?” The girl smiled but didn’t look directly at her. “Wash, trim and blow dry,” she answered and started to leaf through the magazine in her lap. She settled on an article titled ‘Setting A Date And Choosing The Right Venue’. The girl roughly stuffed a large towel around her neck and intoRead More →

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Nineteen and never been kissed. Painfully aware of her inadequacy when it came to the opposite sex, she leant against the smooth white pillar at the corner of the dance floor which was teeming with young glowing bodies writhing and bouncing to the tune of the music and dizzying light show. Everybody was flirting with each other; sexual chemistry was sizzling through the air like sparks emerging from a hot bonfire. She sighed and was just about to turn away when something caught her eye: there, leaning on the other pillar right across the floor, looking just as bored was Chris. Her Chris. Well, he didn’tRead More →