Mina stepped forward timidly. She wore a form-fitting purple dress that actually managed to show some skin so pale and pure I’d have dared call it porcelain. Her hair was up and pinned back, and she wasn’t wearing glasses, showing off more of her face than she had ever dared reveal before. Her makeup was slight but dramatic, highlighting her most striking features. I had always thought she was pretty, but this was the first time I’d seen how beautiful she truly was.
She smiled up at me, uncertainly. “Hi.”
I was trying to come up with a suitably smooth response, but could only manage, “Wow.”
Mina
I hadn’t seen Ben so dressed up since the first day I saw him in person.
This time the formality was for the sake of celebration instead of mourning.
It suited him better this way.
The whol
