Free Mindset by Elaine Dyer Page B

therapy.  It’s the next best thing to a spa day, and we’re all out of chocolate and ice-cream.  Plus, I need clothes.  I can’t just keep wearing yours.  I can’t continue the next chapter in my life naked, so I’m willing to splurge on a new mini-wardrobe.  So, let’s go.”
     
    “Okay.  I promise I will endeavor to improve my mood and spend some quality girl time.  At the mall.  With you, my very best friend in the whole wide world.”
     
    “That’s better!  Let’s go.”
     
    Cielo Vista Mall had a lot to offer a girl, especially when she didn’t own anything except the one outfit she’d been wearing when she left New York.  First stop, Victoria’s Secret, followed by Dillard’s, Lerner’s New York, Hollister, and American Eagle. 
     
    “Ok, I have a business type outfit, in case I find a job I want to apply for, although I have no idea what kind of job that would be or what I could be qualified for.  I also have the classic little black dress, for what, I have no idea, other than you told me I had to buy it.  But you know what I’m the most excited about?”
     
    “Do tell.”
     
    “My new jeans!!!!  And t-shirts!  Do you have any idea how long it has been since I wore jeans and t-shirts?  Over two years!”  Eva hugged herself, swinging the multiple bags she was carrying.”
     
    “You’re kidding me, Eva!  How in the world could you ever go so long without wearing jeans?  You used to love casual.”
     
    After a quiet moment, Eva continued, “’Jeans and t-shirts are not becoming of a Wesley woman.  They are gauche and indicative of the lower class.’  I think I might wear jeans every day for the rest of my life, Callie.  Just because I can.”
     
    “Good for you, Eva!  You go, girl!”  Her bright smile was returned full measure.  They had just decided to go back home when they turned the corner to find themselves facing Macy’s, which had big, red signs covering all the glass front windows.  “Ooo – a Shoe Sale!”
     
    “I guess I need to get some boots if I’m going to live in Texas!” 
     
     
     
    The ladies listened to the Eagles Greatest Hits all the way home.  The last strains of Take it Easy could be heard clearly by the men sitting on the front porch when the girls pulled up to the ranch house.  “Y’all sure were gone a long time.  Did you have fun?”
     
    “Sure did, Granddad.  Hey Josh.  Cade.”
     
    “I got jeans!  And t-shirts, too!  And boots!”  Eva’s happy face lit up the whole yard. “I’ll just go inside and unload this stuff and start dinner.  Right after I change.  Into my new jeans!”
     
    “Cool, Eva.  Hey, got enough to feed one more?”
     
    “Of course I do, Josh!  Tacos ok?”
     
    “Sounds great.  Thought we might finish that conversation we started the other day before my sister so rudely interrupted us.  Got time?”
     
    “Sure.  In fact, if you’ll give five or ten minutes, I’ll meet you in the kitchen, and you can keep me company.”
     
    “I’ll even help you in the kitchen, how’s that?  Kind of work for my supper.”
     
    “Oh, you don’t have to do that.  Unless you want to grate the cheese.  I hate to grate cheese.”
     
    “I will grate the cheese.  I’ll even cut up the lettuce and tomatoes.  How’s that for a deal?”
     
    “How could you possibly know that’s my second least favorite thing to do?  You’ve got yourself a deal.  See you in ten.”  With that, Eva nearly waltzed into the house and up the stairs.
     
    “Callie, can I have a word with you?” 
     
    “I’m kind of busy right now, Cade.  Maybe later, ok?”  Not waiting for an answer, she followed her friend up the stairs.”
     
    Cade didn’t reply as he felt himself doing a slow burn.  He sure had made a god awful mess of things, hadn’t he?  Now he had to figure out a way to fix this, but he sure as hell didn’t know how he was going to do it.  He’d known Callie nearly half is life,