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make sure you’re well fed,” she said as she slid into a chair next to Angelica. “And in case I do decide to go into cooking professionally, it’ll be nice to have an opinion that’s not biased. I know it’s just soup, but still.”
    Angelica smiled shyly as Olivia handed her a bowl of thick, orange soup. “Melody mentioned that you’re in the fashion business?”
    “Kind of,” Olivia said slowly. “I took design at school, and I worked in a boutique for awhile doing different things from buying stock, to dressing, to the occasional alteration.”
    “Dressing?” Angelica asked, taking a spoonful of soup and moaning when the thick concoction hit her tongue.
    Olivia smiled broadly at Angelica’s reaction and pushed the plate of bread toward her before glancing at Melody to make sure she was eating. “So, yeah, dressing. Like when a woman would come in looking for an outfit for a certain event or function, I would pick different pieces for her, match them up, make sure they fit properly, that sort of thing. I also had girls come in who were looking to purge their closets and replace all their old clothes, and I’d help them pick pieces that were pretty but functional. Things that were interchangeable, you know, like a top that you could wear with a skirt or pants, dress it up or dress it down, depending on the occasion.”
    “Oh wow,” Angelica said between bites of soup. “That sounds like what I need. I lost about a hundred pounds last year and I only have a few outfits. I’m still sort of in fat girl mentality, I think. I’m not used to being able to shop wherever I want instead of just specialty stores.”
    Olivia nodded. “I dealt with that a lot in the boutique. I’d be happy to help you out anytime. Losing that much weight is a huge accomplishment, and what better way to celebrate than with new clothes?”
    Melody held in a laugh. Olivia would use any excuse to buy new clothes. Oh, it’s Tuesday again, time for a new dress. To Angelica, she said, “Good for you. And Olivia’s exactly the person to go to for help with new clothes. She’ll be brutally honest and tell you what looks amazing and what looks like crap.”
    “Speaking of which, it’s time you and I went shopping, Miss Melody,” Olivia said with a glint in her eye before turning to address Angelica. “We just did the closet purge with her. Got rid of a whole bunch of clothes from the Rick the dick era. Blah, boring, bland.”
    Angelica slid her gaze to Melody with her head bowed, as if trying to gage her reaction to Olivia’s statement.
    “Yes, yes, we all know I’ve become very boring over the last three years,” Melody said, sighing dramatically. “But now that Rick the…” She stopped and cleared her throat, shaking her head over the fact that Olivia’s nickname for her ex was starting to rub off. “Now that Rick and I have broken up, I just want a fresh start. A new look, a different attitude, just…”
    “A new you,” Angelica said quietly, meeting Melody’s eyes with a knowing look. “I get it. That’s exactly how I felt after my ex and I broke up. I had become so…comfortable, I guess. I hated myself for it when I realized how much I had changed. So I made changes for the better.”
    “Wise beyond her years, this one,” Olivia said to Melody, inclining her head toward Angelica.
    Angelica laughed softly. “There’s nothing wrong with comfortable, but there’s a good comfortable and a bad comfortable, you know? I was in the latter category. I’m still working on it.”
    “It’s an on-going thing,” Olivia said.
    Angelica smiled her sweet, shy smile, her café au lait skin glowing.
    “You should come out with us after work,” Olivia suggested after a pause. “Melody doesn’t know it yet, but we’re going out tonight, and she needs a few things. You can come shopping, then join us at Atlantis if you want.”
    Melody stared at Olivia, who spared her a glance with dancing eyes before turning back to