She didn't know where the sudden boldness came from, but confronting him became an exciting prospect, rather than something to recoil from and avoid at all costs. She felt adrenaline coursing through her veins as she dressed herself for an early morning run. Today she would not be curling up under the covers desperate for more sleep, she would get out of this house and be assertive. She had never been a wallflower, perhaps a little less confident than willowy Sapphire but never the shrinking violet eager to blend into the background. You couldn't get cast in a music video unless you had something about you, that ‘je ne sais quoi’, and rather than your hair style or clothing it had to be that was inherently obvious in a person. A sassy, strong, devil may care spirit.
Taking Barkers leas
