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shoulders.”
    “Sounds lovely.”
    For the next thirty minutes, Kate back-combed and twisted Sally’s hair into a
soft halo. When she’d finished, she held a mirror up so that Sally could see the hairstyle from all
angles. “What do you think?”
    Sally turned her head to the left, then the
right. She had a smile on her face that told Kate she was pleased.
“It looks fabulous. I’m meeting Amy for dinner. I’ll show her what
you’ve done.”
    Loretta walked across and took a good look at
Sally’s hair. “You did a great job. If you can apply makeup as
expertly as you did Sally’s hair, then you’ve got yourself a
part-time job. Keep working with Sally. There’s a spare makeup
chair beside me.”
    Kate knew she could impress Loretta. She
loved working with makeup; creating shadows and highlights, using
color to draw out the natural beauty of each woman’s face.
    She moved across with Sally to the makeup
station and looked at the range of cosmetics Loretta had available.
After a little bit of experimentation, she was ready to start.
    Kate fastened a fresh cape around Sally’s
shoulders and smiled. “Would you like a natural looking makeup or
something more exotic?”
    “Make it natural, something that will look
good on Amy’s wedding day. Next time, I’ll try something different.”
    Kate started with cleanser, then toner and
moisturizer. She selected a foundation, airbrushing short, fast
strokes across Sally’s face and neck. Then came the layering, the
color that would enhance the beauty of Sally’s face. She took her
time, added highlights, blended powders, until she’d created a natural finish that looked
stunning.
    Loretta watched what she was doing, smiled
when she saw the end result. “What do you think, Sally?”
    “I think you should grab Kate before someone
else snaps her up.”
    “Sounds like you’ve got yourself a part time
job, Kate,” Loretta said. “Can you work from one until five each
afternoon next week and all day next Saturday? I don’t know when
we’ll need you the following week, but I’ll do my best to give you
at least ten hours.”
    Kate breathed a sigh of relief. “I’d love to
work with you.”
    “I’ll organize the paperwork and get you to
fill in the details.” Loretta folded Sally’s cape and placed it on
a shelf. “You did a good job. I’ll see you here on Monday at one
o’clock. Did you know about the fashion show next Friday?”
    Kate nodded. “I offered to help.”
    “Emily needs all of the makeup artists she
can find. When Mary-Liz told me how many models had volunteered
their time, I knew it was going to be busy. We can go to the
rehearsal on Thursday night together, if you like?”
    “Thanks. That would be great.” Kate wanted to
be busy. She’d never been very patient and the wait for Kaylee’s
transplant seemed to be taking forever. By working part-time at The
Beauty Box and helping with the fashion show, she not only had
something to keep her busy, but it would help pay her rent. “I’ll
see you on Monday afternoon.”
    Loretta smiled and welcomed her next client
into the salon. Kate knew she’d been lucky to find a part-time job
so easily. She just hoped the forms she needed to fill in wouldn’t
ask about her criminal history.
    Dan was right about one thing. She’d managed
to fly under most people’s radar her entire life, only it was
getting harder to ignore her past.
    She walked toward her parked car and thought
about Kaylee, about her future, and about a certain Deputy Chief of
Police who had her stomach turning in knots for all the wrong
reasons.
     
    ***
    Kate walked into Angel Wings Café and smiled
at Emily. She was here to meet Logan Allen, a local reporter for
the Bozeman Chronicle. She’d been nervous about meeting him and had
almost called the interview off. But if the article helped raise everyone’s awareness of HLH
and sold a few more tickets for the fashion parade, she’d go
through with it and hope for the best.
    She