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“You’re amazing at this.”
Maeve chuckled.“I’m giving you free lessons.You do not have to compliment me so much.”
“You know, my mom doesn’t get my fascination with this, but you do.”
“Your mom wants you to be happy.”
Charlotte sighed.“She wants me to do what she wants.”
Maeve tried not to wince.She and Nancy understood each other, and the other woman had given her her blessing when it came to Doc.Maeve did not want to get between family.She was falling for Doc, and this was not a feeling that was fleeting.
“She wants you to know there are options out there.It’s a good thing.Trust me on this.”She offered Charlotte a smile, but the younger woman sighed.
“She wants to leave Rivermont Ridge, and she wants me to go with her.”
“You don’t want to go?”
“She thinks I need a fresh start away from Dad and the biker crap, but I don’t want to run away.I don’t need to leave.I love it here.I mean, aside from the assholes that used to bully me, everything else is okay.”
“Used to?They’re not bullying you anymore?”
“Oh, no, that has long stopped.Yeah, they kind of had the fear of death put into them, and that bullying ended.”
Maeve assumed it was her dad that did that.
“You don’t want to go and explore the world?”Maeve asked.
“No.Rivermont is home.It’s family.I don’t need to get away from it.Not even because of Jake.”Charlotte sighed.“Does that make me a bad person?”
“Why do you feel it will make you a bad person?”
“I don’t know, because I don’t feel the way they do.”She shrugged.“Ignore me.”
“Your mom just wants you to know there are a lot of options out there, and if you want to go to another state or even another country, she supports you,” Maeve said.“Your dad wants you to be happy as well.”
“I am happy.I’m learning makeup, and it can open up a lot of doors.I know, I know, it’s a competitive field, but I like it.It will keep it fresh, and looks are always changing, and they’re always bringing out new products to play with, and I like that.”
Maeve smiled at her.
“There are a lot of good things about makeup.”
It was good to listen to Charlotte, as it helped to remind her what she loved about makeup in the first place.She never wanted to be at a job that was always routine, day in and day out.She would get bored so easily.
“Can I ask you something?”Charlotte asked.
“Sure.”
She may as well finish her eye makeup, seeing as she had started it.
“How do you get a guy’s attention?”
This made Maeve pause.“There’s a guy?”
“I ...you know, for future reference,” Charlotte asked.
“There is a guy you like?”
“Yeah, there’s a guy I like, but he doesn’t notice me at all.”
