Page 158 of Sin Bin

The others wholeheartedly agreed, marveling at her transformation.

She couldn’t say anything. She was speechless.

As soon as Bianca and Scarlett hustled off to finish getting ready, Jess declared to Meadow, “I think you’ll look even better if you lose the spectacles.”

“Oh, hush,” Nadia said. “Her glasses are fine.”

“We don’t want her to look fine. We want her to look va-va-voom—hot enough to stop traffic. The glasses are kinda interfering with that. Plus you don’t get the full effect of the smokey eye.” Jess pursed her lips critically, meeting Meadow’s gaze in the mirror. “Did you pack any contact lenses?”

“Well, yes, they’re right here—”

“Great!” Jess plucked her eyeglasses off her face.

“Hey! Give those back!” Meadow tried to snatch her glasses back, but Jess held them out of reach. She was at least five inches taller than Meadow, plus she was wearing skyscraper heels under her dress.

“Put your contacts on,” she ordered.

“I don’t want to!” Meadow protested.

“For God’s sake, Jess! Stop being such a bully!” When Nadia attempted to swipe the glasses from Jess, they slipped out of her hand and clattered to the marble floor.

Meadow watched in horror as Jess stumbled backward and stepped on the glasses, the sharp point of her stiletto heel coming down with a sickening crunch.

“My glasses!” Meadow cried out in dismay.

Jess looked down at the floor, lifted her foot slowly and put her hand to her mouth. “Oops.”

Meadow dove to her knees to pick up her crushed glasses. One lens was shattered and the frames were hopelessly bent. She wanted to cry.

Nadia smacked Jess’s arm. “See what you did!”

“Hey, you’re the one who swatted them out of my hand!” Jess protested.

“You shouldn’t have taken them in the first place!”

“I was just trying to be helpful!”

Nadia shot her an exasperated glare before squatting down beside Meadow, the hem of her red dress pooling on the floor. “I am so sorry, Meadow. Do you have another pair?”

“No,” Meadow mumbled forlornly. “And I just got off my dad’s health insurance, so I’ll have to wait until I start my new job to find a new optometrist. It’s gonna be a few weeks before I can get a new pair of glasses.”

Nadia threw a dirty look at Jess.

She bit her lip guiltily. “I’m really sorry, Meadow. I didn’t mean to break your glasses. It was an accident.”

“I know.” Meadow pushed out a heavy sigh. “I guess I’ll just wear my contacts. It’s not like I have much of a choice anymore.”

As she and Nadia rose from the floor and smoothed down their dresses, Nadia gave her a consoling smile.

“You really do look amazing, Meadow. Please don’t let this incident ruin your evening.”

“I’ll try not to,” she murmured.

On her way out of the bathroom, Nadia hissed accusingly at Jess, “You totally did that on purpose.”

Jess gave her a look of wide-eyed innocence. “I did no such thing.”

Nadia snorted derisively and stomped off.

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