I shrugged. “Why not,? It’ll be putting the whole Jay phase of my life behind me for good. Show I’ve moved on.”
“Plus, you look super hot in it,” Jenny said.
“Yeah, shows off those perfect tits of yours,” Sam said and we all laughed.
“You three are nuts,” Marla said, rolling her eyes.
Once the four of us were in our dresses, we turned our attention to our hair and make-up. We were falling all over each other in my tiny condo, still crammed with vases full of flowers.
Sam had opened the door of my entrance closet, trying to carve out some real estate to do her hair. She pushed aside the various coats, revealing the stack of gifts from Jay piled on the floor.
“You are totally wearing the Louboutins tonight,” She said picking up the box and opening it, revealing the glorious shoes inside.
“Let me see,” Marla said elbowing Jenny and I out of the way.
“Those would look perfect with your dress,” Jenny said, peering over Marla’s shoulder.
“What else is in this pile?” Sam said, turning her attention back to the closet.
“Um, I have to give all that back to Jay,” I said.
“This smells so beautiful, fresh yet sexy,” Sam said, squirting the perfume on her.
“That’s a real diamond you know,” I said, pointing to the diamond on the bottle.
“Get out. That’s insane,” Jenny said.
“I know right?” I said.
“Well, we’ve used it now, you can’t send it back,” Sam said grinning at me. She squirted the air, until all four of us were engulfed in an overpriced cloud of perfume.
“I can’t,” I said, protesting.
“Screw him, he’s got so much money, this is like me giving you a pot of Ben & Jerry’s,” Marla said.
“More like a spoonful. Or even a lick of the back of the spoon,” Sam said. She continued to rifle through the gifts.
“I can’t wear the shoes out, I’m not ready to dance in five-inch heels,” I said.
“How’d he know your shoe size anyway?” Marla asked.
“Dunno. He must have looked at my shoes when we were at the hotel. Or here.”
“Holy fuck,” Sam said opening the jewelry box, “This is insane.”
“I know,” I said, blushing.
“Wow, you’re sure you don’t want to get back together with him?” Marla asked. Jenny smacked her back.
“No way in hell. Not after the way he lied.”
“That’s fine. Onwards and upwards, right?” Jenny said, rubbing my back.
“You need to wear this necklace out tonight. That dress is made for it,” Sam said, dangling the necklace from her fingertips.
My eyes widened at the thought. It would be perfect for this halter top, the diamond would sit just above my cleavage. Pointing the way. For days I’ve been longing to be wrapped in the arms of a man. Not Jay, but almost anyone else.
“Good idea,” I said, taking the necklace from Sam’s fingers.
“Really?” She said in disbelief.
I looked her straight in the eyes, smiled and said, “Absolutely.” We all burst into a fit of giggles. Jenny helped fasten it around my neck, and I rushed into the bathroom to examine myself in the mirror. Jay would approve. More than approve.
“Let me try walking in the shoes.”
“You go girl,” Sam said, bringing them to me.
Hair and nails done, we left an hour later. I teetered down the hallway and out onto the street, latched onto Jenny and Sam for support, wrapped in the Burberry trench-coat.
We hailed a cab to take us to Luscious, the hot, exclusive night club of the moment. One of Jenny’s many exes manages it and put us on the guest list as a favor to her. Though I suspect it meant she would hook up with him by the end of the night.
The four of us crammed into the back seat, I was last to get in. As I ducked my head, I noticed a man in a Cub’s hat looking straight at me.
We pulled up in front of Luscious and were met with a huge line up of people shuffling their feet to keep warm as they waited for a chance to get in.
Jenny led us across the front of the line and straight up to the bouncer. She rested her hands on his arms and went up on tiptoes to whisper something in his ear. He put his hand in the small of her back and we followed as he ushered her to the entrance. The music was pounding before we’d even gotten inside.
We stepped inside, into the care of a private concierge. Jenny was pulling all the strings for tonight. As I passed him my coat, he looked me up and down and settled his eyes on my cleavage. I smiled and walked away, feeling more confident in the heels. The effect they were having on sculpting my calves was going a long way to boost my acceptance of them.