moisturizing cream. Her eyes were a mossy green, nose small and freckled, and her lips were full, maybe a bit too wide. She exercised regularly and was fairly fit but entirely too curvy; no amount of exercise would reduce her large breasts and wide hips.
Perhaps the greatest flaw she had was with her neglected wardrobe. There was no end to the number of jeans, t-shirts, plaid shirts or church dresses she owned but nothing that could compare to what she knew the prospective brides might wear. A shopping day was in order. She had all the details for tomorrow taken care of and could afford the time it took to make herself presentable.
She walked back over to the phone on the nightstand next to her bed and called the main house. Bella picked up on the second ring and promised she would let Jared know that Lily would not be in the office, but would have her cell phone turned on just in case something came up. Her next few phone calls were to make appointments to the hairdressers and the day spa; she also gave herself ample time to find some clothes. She finally called Ava Maguire, next to her son Jared; Ava was Lily’s best friend and mother figure. Ava never needed an excuse to treat her self to a day at the spa and was easily encouraged to play hooky and join Lily for a day of leisure. Twenty minutes later Ava honked the horn on her baby blue convertible and the pair of them left with a trail of dust in their wake.
Ava was a spirited lady whose trim figure came from years of hard work on the ranch and whose fun loving disposition detracted from her age. Lily’s unwillingness to be a girlie girl was the bane of Ava's existence. The girl was like a daughter to her and she would have loved to have dressed her and fixed her hair and makeup and share secrets on boys and all the starry-eyed things most girls did.
At the age of twenty-seven, Lily was finally giving her a chance to transform her into the beautiful woman Ava knew her to be. She was told of Jared’s plan on finding a wife a few days ago and was so mad at her son for not being able to see right in front of his eyes and at Lily for participating. Ava heart’s desire had been to see the pair of them unite. Lily might not be aware of it yet but Ava was not about to let them make the biggest mistake of their lives. She was about to turn the innocent beauty into a hothouse flower and have her drive he stupid son mad. She had spoken to Bella two days ago and the two women had some plans in the works, there was a rousing response from the rest of the staff as well to participate in the downfall of the Jared and Lily.
The low-slung luxury car brought the women to an empty parking spot directly in front of Madame CeCe’s hair salon, although everyone knew that CeCe was actually Cindy Tanner. She was a n outrageous forty something year old beautician that was born in the town of Perkins and who for that matter had never left the small fair town. Lily and Ava entered the bright and spacious shop and were greeted by an excited CeCe.
“Ava darling, it’s so good to see you.” Cece drawled in her thick fake French accent. “Who have you brought to see Madame CeCe?”
“This is Lily Lancaster, a very dear friend of mine. I need you to work some of your magic on her, but nothing to drastic you understand.” Ava warned CeCe, knowing her penchant for elaborate hairdos.
“Of course, of course, just a little tweaking. This child has beautiful hair; I would never try to interfere in near perfection. Well, not too much anyway.” She was busy turning Lily around in circles, stroking and touching the lustrous locks.
“Let’s get started shall we.” As she lead a nervous Lily away.
A few miles