-10- Eclipse the Stars
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“How did we end up with so many friends in their seventies?” Jody asked, pondering the purple shadow. Nope. Not working. She wiped off her eye make-up, watching it disappear in the mirror above the dresser.
Renata stood half-naked in front of the open closet. “They weren’t in their seventies when I met them.”
“Right.” Jody wiped off the lipstick, too. “They were only in their sixties back then.”
Fuck it—Jody marched to the bathroom, got out the astringent and took off all her makeup, even the foundation. No matter what she tried, she never looked as good as Renata. She knew she shouldn’t let herself think it, but it seemed unfair that a woman who wasn’t born a woman could outshine a woman who was. Stupid way to feel, especially about the love o
