Entangled (Free Indeed Book 1) by Jenesse Bates Read Free Book Online Page B

them or thought they were cute. And the thought of doing that now just felt so...liberating.
    She knew that she wanted to get some pants. The thought of it made her feel like such a little rebel, and that made her smile. Pants were forbidden for women in her fellowship. Thou shalt not put on a man’s garment . The men, but especially her father since he was the Patriarch, always loved to drill that one home. Yep, she was definitely getting pants, and she was using her father’s money to buy them. In fact, she may just never wear another skirt again as long as she lived.
    Oh wait, she may have spoken too soon. She just walked right past an adorable little pleated gray skirt that just begged to be tried on. Ok, so maybe skirts would still be on her new-Allie-approved list as long as they were cute, fun, and short. No more of that down to her ankles crap. Allie snatched the skirt from off of the rack and started a pile of clothes she wanted to try on. Since she had never worn pants before, she wasn’t really sure on what the sizes meant, so she just eyeballed what she thought would fit and when she found something she liked she pulled a couple of different sizes so she’d be able to compare.
    When her arms were full, she made her way to the dressing room off to the side and started to try everything on. It was so much fun! Definitely buy this….no to that....maybe to these…she started several different piles as she quickly flipped from one item to the next.
    Finally deciding on her selection, she emerged with pants, skirts, shirts, sweaters, a jacket, and a couple pairs of shoes. There wasn’t a huge selection of shoes since it was just a small clothing boutique, so her high heels would have to wait until her car was fixed so she could go to a bigger store in one of the neighboring cities.
    Allie strode up to the counter with her stash and lay it down. She turned to the lady waiting there for her. “Hi, I’m Stacy. I’m the owner here. I see you found some things you liked.” She let out a little laugh at Allie’s stockpile of items.
    Allie smiled back at the friendly store owner, “Yes, it’s all so cute I just love it. Obviously, I was in need of a makeover.” Allie motioned with her hand to the frumpy clothes she was currently wearing.
    Stacy laughed at her bluntness, “Well, you made some excellent choices. You have very good taste. Could I make a few suggestions on a couple accessories? Not to pressure you to buy any more, but if you’re looking for a total makeover I really think you’ll like them. And they’ll totally make the clothes look even better.”
    “Sure, thank you.”
    Allie followed Stacy over to a section that was set back to the left of the counter. It was there, Allie discovered the wonderful world of necklaces, bangles, costume jewelry, belts (turns out they could actually be worn just for the cuteness factor and not just to hold up your skirt), and oh my gosh …purses!
    “Oh my gosh, I think I want all of it!” Allie squealed happily.
    Stacy just laughed, “Well you just take your time finding what you like, and I’ll start ringing up the rest of your items. Is there anything that you’d like to wear out of the store that I can set aside for you?”
    “Oh yes, please! I’d love to finally get out of these clothes. The jeans and the cute, sky-blue henley, I think it was called. The one with the design down the left side.”
    “Absolutely. I’ll ring them up and then take the tags off so you can change whenever you’re ready.”
    “Thank you so much!” Without even thinking Allie embraced the other woman. Stacy just laughed and hugged her back, and then returned to the counter to start ringing up and folding the clothes that Allie picked out.
    Allie selected what she wanted from the accessories section, and then walked back over to where Stacy was waiting for her to add them to her pile. Stacy pushed the jeans and shirt Allie requested toward her, “Go ahead and change,