Chapter 15

“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.”

—Maya Angelou.

“The dinner hour is sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.”

—Julia Child.

“Some souls just understand each other upon meeting.”

—N.R Hart.

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Anna’s POV

Everything I tried doing gave a disastrous result. According to the instructions, the aim is to dress ladylike. Business casual to be precise and here I’m causing a fashion catastrophe. If Jess was here, she would laugh her ass out at my failed attempt of dressing up. But then, she will also be my fashion police and we style me in the perfect way mom would have wanted.

I have tons of makeup products that don’t belong to me, clustered around the dressing mirror. My eyes looked like I just survived a fire incident as smudged mascara helped me achieve the dramatic effect. My face looks like it hasn’t seen any atom of moisture in years, as my skin looks dry, patched, cracked and extremely wh