Ines sat next to Alli on the couch and grasped her hands.
“Alli, I know you’ll be my future Luna, but can I say something as your friend?” Alli nodded yes.
“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard and if I hear you badmouth my friend like that again I might punch you.”
Alli’s eyes went wide before she started laughing. Ines held her hand as both women dissolved into fits of giggles.
The silliness, yet sincerity of Ines’ words brought her out of the despair she was feeling only moments ago.
“Now, as for ‘talks too much Tammy’, I won’t give what she said a second thought.”
Alli giggled.
“That woman has nothing better to do with her time than to stand around her tacky dress shop gossiping with all the other bored bottom-feeders.”
“Thanks, Ines. You’re a good friend.”
“I am! A
