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that gathered at the cuff.
    “It’s heavenly.” She sighed. “You’re sure you want to risk this with me?”
    “I got it at a nearly new shop. It’s a designer model, only worn twice. Here are the shoes and bag.”
    The shoes had small Queen Anne heels and straps around the ankles. They were elegant, like the tiny gray leather purse that finished the outfit.
    “Wow, is that me?” Eleanor laughed at her reflection.
    “Well, almost,” Darcy murmured. “Sweet, your hair is dreadful. I have to get a cut today—suppose you come with me?”
    Eleanor looked at the soft waves falling around her shoulders and tugged at a strand of hair that seemed more like wire. “Dreadful is definitely the word all right. Can we get an appointment for me at such short notice?”
    “They take walk-ins anytime,” Darcy assured her. “And some new makeup. And for God’s sake, honey, a bra that has a little support.”
    Eleanor sighed, nodding. “I never buy under things until the old ones lose their elastic and have holes.”
    “You need taking in hand.” Darcy shook her head. “Pretty lacy under things give you confidence. You could use a little of that!”
    “I guess I could, at that. Okay. Let’s renovate me.”
    The two of them walked to the hairdressing parlor, and the operator gave Eleanor a cut that suited her face: softly waved and very short. She looked different already, and when they went into a department store where Eleanor was shown how to apply new makeup, the transformation was complete.
    “Mmmmm,” Eleanor said with a smile, looking at her face in the fluorescent mirror. “Is that me?”
    “It sure is, honey.” Darcy laughed. “I’ve been wanting to do that for months. You used to be so particular about your appearance, but lately you’ve just let yourself go.”
    “I guess I have,” she agreed. She touched her hair. “What a difference. Wade is going to love this.”
    Darcy pursed her lips. “That party’s really got you perking, hasn’t it?”
    “Yes, it has,” she admitted as they went through the women’s department browsing through the latest styles. “Not that I’m trying to break into high society. That would be ridiculous. I just want to do something different, you know? My life is deadly dull. I feel like I’m growing old second by second.”
    “That’s a laugh. You’re the youngest person I know at heart. Just like your dad. How is he, by the way?”
    “Getting back in shape slowly but surely, and trying to get me married off.”
    “Same old Dad.” Darcy laughed.
    “Amen.”
    “Wouldn’t he settle for letting you have a wild, passionate affair?”
    Eleanor sighed. “He couldn’t get grandkids that way,” she reminded her friend. “Anyway, I’m not sure I want to have an affair with anyone. Wade’s wonderfully nice, and I like him a lot. But he doesn’t start any fires just yet. I think that has to accompany emotional involvement, for me, at least.”
    “Well, personally speaking, if I were looking for a blazing affair, I know which direction I’d be staring. My gosh, I’ll bet Keegan Taber is just plain dynamite in bed!”
    “Oh, goodness!” Eleanor cried as her hand tore down half a dozen gowns from the rack. She colored furiously as she bent to pick them up.
    “Sorry,” Darcy murmured as her friend fumbled gowns back onto hangers. “I guess I shouldn’t have said that, considering… But he is gorgeous, honey.”She eyed her friend thoughtfully. “I bet he’ll be at that party. His family and the Blakes are real friendly, aren’t they?”
    “Isn’t this pretty?” Eleanor enthused over a pale green silk gown.
    Darcy got the hint and said nothing more about Keegan. But the look in her eyes was more eloquent than words.
    For the rest of the day, after she and Darcy parted company, Eleanor worried about the party. Keegan wouldn’t be there…would he? She didn’t want him to spoil her fun, to intrude into her life anymore. She found things to do, to