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her eyes.  She was tired and needed sleep to regroup for the long day of wedding festivities Patty had planned for tomorrow.
    Patty was a friend she talked to on the phone occasionally and spent time with whenever she visited Columbus on business.  However, she would not refer to her as a best friend. Nicole was caught off-guard when Patty asked her to design the dresses for the wedding party since she couldn’t find any dresses in bridal stores that matched her wedding gown.
    Nicole didn’t see a way to refuse with the wedding less than a year away and agreed to make those dresses.  With the help of her colleagues and the offer of a hefty compensation for their help, she managed to create a formal dress that all ten bridesmaids agreed on.
    Patty’s wedding dress was the most problematic with the hours of hand-stitching of pearls on delicate lace.  She personally handled making the wedding gown ensuring the details were done correctly and to Patty’s satisfaction.  The last pearl stitched in the dress happened at 5:30am and two hours before her scheduled trip to Cleveland.
    It was no wonder she passed out from hunger.  For the past seven months, she’d been burning the candle at both ends.  She returned to her job as a computer technician for AeroFusion Technologies full-time.  Nicole was forced to close her boutique and lay off her staff, due to slow sales and an over-saturated market of new-breed designers.  Keeping up with the fast-paced changing fashion world was too much for her to pursue without any revenue generating from the boutique.  She had no choice but to surrender her targeting age group consisting of the over twenty-one and under thirty-five, to the successful fashion entrepreneurs.
    Patty’s face appeared in the mirror behind her fingering her ginger-colored layer-cut, hair.  “I think Walker is smitten with you,” she said with a wide smile.
    Nicole continued to primp her own hair in the mirror. “You’re being funny right?”
    “No, I’m not being funny.  Walker doesn’t have a problem expressing his interest in a woman.  That distinct twinkle his left eye gave when I introduced you….said it all.”
    She turned to face Patty. “I’m not interested in meeting anyone.  I have no room on my schedule for me these days.”
    “Is it because he is white?”
    Nicole frowned turning her lip upward. “Be real.  If I had a problem with that, you and I would not be standing together in this bathroom.”
    “Okay, if that isn’t it, is he not handsome enough for you?”
    “Patty, he is very handsome.  Anyhow, I just met the man and you are asking me if we have a future together.”
    “I’m just trying to get a sense of what you think about him?”
    Nicole tapped a finger to her chin.  “From what I’ve seen so far, he is charming and a bit of a flirt.”
    “So you like him?”
    “I wouldn’t have a problem liking him if I were looking to get involved.  Besides, he saw me faint.  What kind of impression did that send to him?”
    “It was obviously a big enough one to affect him in a major way.  Nicole, we aren’t best girlfriends, and you have no reason to trust me with any man advice.”
    Zipping her makeup case and placing it in her purse, Nicole attempted to thwart Patty giving her words of dating wisdom. “Patty, while we’re in here talking, he is waiting to take me to the hotel.  It would be rude of me to keep him standing in the hall wondering if I’m ever going to leave the bathroom.”
    Patty threw her hands in the air. “I get it; you don’t want to hear what I have to say because you aren’t interested in Walker.”
    She released a deep echoing sigh. “That is not true.  I personally don’t feel this is the right time to discuss your brother-in-law.  He told me his girlfriend dumped him tonight.”
    Patty’s mouth dropped opened then closed with her teeth biting down on her bottom lip doing a fist pump.   Nicole crossed her arms amused with the