Carly says, "She couldn't see our tattoos, but she said she felt them. I think she's gifted." She gets up and takes the keys from me.
Lily snorts. "That's a nice way to put it."
"I'll go get my stuff." Carly smiles at Lily. "And you decide where the sign is going to go."
The door shuts with a solid clunk, and Lily says to me, "I'm too soft for a bikini. Should I do it on my hip?" She touches where a hipbone would jut out.
"You could definitely rock a bikini. I do." Her face flushes, and I think about how she doesn't embrace her curves either. I’m not letting her get too close to Carly and start that self-depreciating camaraderie shit. "You need to know once you get the tattoo I think you'll be called to leave. Are you okay with that?"
Lily nods her head. "It's already happening. I have a few things to take care of, but I'm out of here." Her face breaks into a big grin. "It'll be good to get out of this town. Nothing's keeping me here, and if I stay I'll turn into a scary woman like Catori."
I chuckle, but uneasiness spreads though me because I'm afraid we're already scary.