“Girl, emerald is definitely your colour!” Lois gasped, hands clasped together to her face. “I mean, can you see what I am seeing, Soraya?” “Of course I can, Lois. You were right when you said green would fit her,” Soraya answered, smiling. Her gaze was pinned on me as I stared back at myself in the mirror. “Do you like it?” “Yes,” I replied, nodding my head, smiling widely as though I had won a lottery. I had never seen a dress as beautiful as this. “It is absolutely beautiful.” “Oh, all credit to our dear Lois here, and you. You compliment both the dress and the colour.” I soaked in the compliment, still staring at myself with that stupid smile. ‘I must admit, as much as I hate to, in all your twenty-two years of life, this is the best you've ever looked,’ Ash said softly, a sad und

