CLAIRE
Day four started normally but ended with a surprise. I was responding to comments on i********: when I noticed I'd been tagged in a post by an account I didn't recognize.
I clicked on it and my breath caught. It was a fashion micro-influencer with about fifty thousand followers, someone who posted about emerging designers and indie brands.
She'd reposted one of my photos, the one of me in the coat, with a caption that made my heart race.
@StyleByTessa: Obsessed with this new designer @claire_designs. The aesthetic is everything I've been looking for. Strong, unapologetic, powerful. Pre-ordering the coat immediately. You all need to check this out.
I stared at the post, watching the likes and comments climb. Within an hour, my own follower count had jumped by two hundred.
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