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“You can’t honestly think I’m going across the country without you …” I waited for her to reply, and she didn’t. “Besides, the queen of fashion needs to be in LA, where all the celebrities live. Think of the jobs you could score with some of the established stylists and designers. Mon, you’d kill it out there.”

She turned her head, giving me her profile. “Oh God, my heart.” She swallowed. “Is this really happening? Or am I going to wake up and realize it was all a dream?”

“Oh, it’s happening and probably a little faster than either of us would like.” I took a breath, the tightening pushing the emotion away. “We need to book movers and find a place to live and—the list is endless.”

And that was only the logistics of relocating.

The job itself created a whole separate list of things I needed to do, one that involved many promises, along with a test that I still needed to pass.

It would be easier to take the position at the gallery or the gym. At least there, I knew what to expect. I wou