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Stealing Bradford

“And I have such plans for her.”

“Oh.” DJ got it. The old grooming-the-girls-to-be-models idea was poking its ugly head up again.

Grandmother put a thin wrinkled hand on the side of DJ’s face. “Oh, it’s not that you’re not pretty too, Desiree. You most certainly are. But that Taylor—” The old woman smacked her lips like she were about to devour a piece of chocolate cream pie, or knowing her, more likely a carrot. “That Taylor—well, she has the makings of a real supermodel.”

“Right.” DJ stepped away now. “So, you will let the police and everyone know?”

“Oh, yes, of course.” Grandmother nodded in a vague kind of way that suggested that she had already forgotten about Detective Howard and Taylor’s parents, as if she had simply dismissed all of that as insignificant compared to the fact that Taylor had the “right stuff” to be molded into some kind of supermodel. Talk about delusional.

“And, Desiree,” said Grandmother as DJ started to leave. “Please, tell Taylor that I’d like to see her in my room—before breakfast.”

“Okay.” DJ sighed.

“And don’t slouch, dear,” said Grandmother. Then she stood a bit taller herself, as if to show DJ how it was done. She held her pointed chin higher as she used the back of her fingers to give it a pat underneath, as if that might help the slightly sagging skin to tighten. “Good posture tells people that you believe in yourself, dear. It makes a good impression.”

“Yeah, right.” For her grandmother’s sake, DJ stood a bit straighter, suppressing the urge to grind her teeth and growl as she walked back to her room. Sheesh. Sometimes DJ wondered if she was honestly related to that crazy old bat. DJ’s mom, an intelligent and down-to-earth person, had been nothing like Grandmother. But then DJ’s mom was dead. And DJ’s dad didn’t want to deal with a teenage daughter. Really, DJ knew she should be thankful for the old woman. But sometimes it was tough.

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