Chapter 298

Mandy laughed, bringing her arms around her stomach. "What did you tell him?" she asked Tatum, still giggling. Her younger sister was something else. She'd gotten the best parts of them all; feisty, spicy, head-strong, and fiercely loyal. Mandy noticed for one of the first times how grown-up she looked. Gone was the shoulder-length bob cut she'd worn for years. In its place was longer hair, worn curled, as silky looking as anything that could be done in a salon. The makeup was darker now too, more professionally done, in colors that suited her. Looking at her fingernails, Mandy also noticed Tatum sported a manicure—something she wouldn't have been caught dead having a few years ago. It wouldn't be long until Tatum would be ready to leave the nest and maybe bring home a man of her own.

Mandy could remember being her age and being so in love with Dalton she couldn't see straight. Not much had changed. Except now that love was twisted up in anger, and she hoped at some point she could h