SHE PRETENDED TO BE A BAD GIRL TO ESCAPE A BLIND DATE — BUT THE MAFIA BOSS SAW THROUGH HER IN MINUTES

Meaning one who smiled on command.

One who kept her voice soft.

One who did not carry old grief, family bills, a half-broken flower shop, a mother with bad knees, a daughter with tuition due, and one dead husband’s unfinished debts into the room.

So Lenora dressed for war.

The black dress was a mistake she bought that afternoon because anger makes terrible continue reading …