Page 28 of Daddy's Desire

Courtney smiled. “I’m Courtney. It’s nice to meet you.” Courtney looked around. I see a bunch of shops. Are any of them hairstylists?”

“Yes. It’s the second shop down that hallway. Ask for George. He’s wonderful.”

“I’ll do that. Thank you again for everything.”

Mandy smiled. “It was nice meeting you.”

Courtney walked down the hallway and into a small salon.

“Can I help you?” a young woman asked.

“Yes, Mandy at the desk said I’m supposed to ask for George.”

The woman smiled. “You’re in luck. His appointment was canceled at the last minute.”

“Would he help me, do you think?”

The woman grinned. “Absolutely. Have a seat, and I’ll call him.”

“Thank you.”

Courtney sat and exhaled. The day had been full of different emotions, and she was exhausted from it all. The fear of facing her mother, Ronin dismissing her, the party the girls had for her, and then the shock at what she found out at the lawyer’s office.

“Hello, I’m George. Mandy tells me you need my help?”

She stood and smiled. The man was gorgeous and totally gay, and she instantly relaxed. “Yes. As you can see, my roots areshowing, and I think it looks awful.”

“Oh, Honey, I’ve seen worse. Follow me.”

She followed the man to a chair and sat. The first look at herself startled her. It did look like she’d had a rough day.

“Which color, Hun?” George asked as he played with her hair.

“I think my original. I don’t like the blonde,” she said.

George tsk’d. “I agree. This blonde washes you out. Why did you choose it in the first place?”

“I didn’t. My mother did.”

“Oh, I think I hear a story?”

For the first time in hours, she smiled. “It’s pretty boring.”

“Hey, boring works for me.”

For the next two hours, Courtney told him about her life and laughed at all his jokes.

Finally, he turned her to see herself for the first time, and her mouth dropped open. “Oh, my…”

George laughed. “That’s the best compliment you could have given me.”

“I saw you with scissors, but I didn’t think about it. How did you make it look so full?” She tossed her hair a few times.

“Just some of my magic, Hun.”

“I can’t remember my original color being this pretty,” Courtney told him.

“I just snuck in a few highlights here and there,” he said as he unsnapped the cape and pulled it off her.

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