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This poor guy is buttoned up so tight! I have the strongest urge to hop in his lap, strip off the cape, and loosen…everything!

"Don't worry, Samson, I would never sell you out for a lousy bunch of silver coins."

"Good to know."

He relaxes slightly, but still monitors each fallen hair anxiously.

"Esmerelda!" I turn to the shampoo girl I cheated out of Edward's tip earlier and pantomime sweeping.

When I finally set down my scissors, his shoulders sink two inches. I really wish I could get him in the basin again and work out the kinks I've caused.