A/N: Drabble based on a throwaway line in In the Woods. Written in the first person because Tana French's style rubs off on you.
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As per the terms of our dare, I come into work on Monday with painted gold nails. Predictably, Quigley is the first to notice.
"What—" he begins, too flummoxed to really say anything.
"It's the fashion in England," I explain. I hear Cassie stifle a cackle at her desk.
I spend the rest of the morning hiding my hands under the desk whenever O'Kelly approaches. Quigley doesn't dob me in, fair play to him. At lunchtime Cassie relents and takes the stuff off me in the ladies' loos.
"Never again," I warn her.
"But you look so pretty," she says.