The Reckoning

The music outside was deafening, and in the fitting room near the inside, it could be a little quieter.

Veda looked at herself in front of the huge full-length mirror, and Valerie was helping her. She couldn't help but straighten her chest with an inexplicable sense of pride.

In the mirror, Valerie carefully helped her pass the complicated ribbons on her back through the small holes. The cyan ribb