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and sequins. Heads turned. The whispers started i

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she stole

a pillar and took a glass of champagne from a passing

double doors swung open.

changed into backup shoes and was beaming, clu

ded on Alice in the corner. He narrow

didn't

playing the role of the blushing bride-to-be p

glasses of red w

ing to carry over the crowd. "You look s

tending a glass of wine. "Here

at the wine

drink,"

aned in to hug Alice, putting

y told me you were like a dead fish in bed. He wonde

iled. The glass

sweetly. Then, she deliberate

er glass launched forward, splashing all

ed. She fell to the fl

topped. The

inting a trembling finger a

champagne glass was still ful

glared up at Alice, his face twisted in rag

id, her voice calm despite the

Estelle's friends-stepped forward. "She sh

ng in the a

floor, stained red like a victim, and Alice stan

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