Red_Roses_and_Black_Dahlias_-_Macy_T

“She was totally eavesdropping.” Valentina rolled her eyes, wiping at the
tears lingering on her cheeks. Well, it was a good thing her makeup was only
halfway done when she came in here because she would totally need to redo
it.
As she looked back at me with a small smile, she didn’t look like she
minded though.
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SOFIA
Our backyard was beautifully decorated, thanks to the team of friends and
family that had gathered here to help us earlier. It was everything I dreamed
of when I was fifteen and everything my little rose wanted.
Flowers adorned the tables, fake candles were lit and strewn a bit
everywhere in the yard and lights hung on the trees and against the house,
making it seem like a million fireflies were illuminating us. The tables were
draped in blue, white and gold, the scent of delicious food invading our
nostrils as Georgianna and Adam's wife, Eva, worked the buffet.
Their son and his fiancé were also here. Him and Adam had worked out
their differences a couple years ago, though it hadn't been easy.
Ray lounged lazily on a chair as kids ran around and tried to caress her.
Against my own will, I'd gotten attached to that damn cat. Valentina loved
her, she even made a little tiara that matched her own for the animal.
All evening, I had watched with a smile on my face as my sister had fun
with her girlfriends, as she danced with them and laughed her heart out to
whatever funny thing her best friend Nikki was saying. That girl was a
firecracker and she and Valentina were like two sides of one coin, totally
different, but essential to each other. They met on her first day in
Hollowside's school and had been inseparable ever since.