Annie looked into her full-length mirror once more, agonizing yet again about her choice of outfits. In her turquoise dress with white stripes and the huge white belt that cinched her tiny waist, she looked amazing….
Amazingly like a circus clown!
God, what was she thinking, buying this hideous dress? No wonder it had been in the back of her closet for ages! But it was on sale and who was she to pass up a bargain of any kind? However, the most disturbing question of all was why did she even care what she looked like? It wasn't as though she was going out with someone whom she was attracted to. The thought was completely….
She wasn't attracted to Jimmy Callahan at all… she wasn't! But even as she had the thought, she couldn't ignore the warmth in her chest. She was only going on this date because he'd insisted. Well, actually it was more than insistence. It was borderline threatening! And now his words came rushing back:
"Have dinner with me, Annie!" he'd pleaded. "Tomorrow night! I won't take no for an answer!"
But the thing she remembered most of all was that kiss….
Oh God… if he was that affectionate in public there was no telling what he might do when they were alone. It was true that she thought nothing about sleeping with a man she barely knew and her reputation was… well…. She didn't want to think about her promiscuous reputation.
Besides, even if she did have second thoughts, she couldn't back own now. If she tried there was no way she'd be able to-
The knock on her door nearly made her jump out of her skin and her heart leapt in her chest. What was wrong with her? And why was she so nervous? It was just a date that would surely be the worst of her life.
And at a loss for what to do, she stood frozen in her living room. In mere minutes her life was going to change, for better or for worse.