“Ugh!!” Emma screamed, exasperated by the seemingly endless list of tasks on her to-do list. She hastily zipped up her dress and started applying her makeup, rushing to get ready for the party. If she had paid more attention she might have noticed the old woman from that terrible day some time ago.
Normally, Emma relished getting dolled up. As a salon owner, making people look beautiful was literally part of her job. But today, nothing was going her way. Her dress bore a stubborn coffee stain she couldn’t remove, the heels she had ordered hadn’t been delivered, and she received yet another cancellation message for her salon appointments.