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Chapter 7

Author: Kristi Christensen
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-02 00:05:46
Lana

Thursday. Two days before my party and already the house was in chaos with the preparations. One thing I can say about my family is that they like to do things properly... as in massive and elaborate.

"You only turn eighteen once." my mother chimed whenever I complained about the amount of effort that was being pumped into the event.

I couldn't say anything in response - to do so would just crush my mother to shards. Instead I put my head down and did as I was told, decorating odd areas of the house with candles and drapes which made the house look as if it had been launched from the scenes of the Great Gatsby. I suppose that's a good thing seeing that Gatsby was the theme of the party, the one thing I did choose in the event. Usually I would be over the moon with my party being so close... but one thing, or rather one person put a damper on the whole thing – Rhett Douglas.

He had acted smug ever since he had rescued me from the clutches of my flat tyre and had held it over me
Kristi Christensen

Hello lovely readers, Thanks so much for checking out this story and I really hope you enjoy it. Lots of love, Kristi xx

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