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not be a doctor getting ready for surgery, but the hairdresser had skills all of her own. Claire needed this to be extreme for her to pull of this charade. She wanted to look like a completely different person, one that the neighbors on the street wouldn’t recognize.
    “Have a seat and let’s get started , ” Vivian said as she walked to the vanity.
    Claire had never seen a woman with so much makeup in her life. She had eye shadows and brushes in every color of the rainbow. She opened her bag and glanced up at Claire through the mirror . “What type of look do you want ?” Vivian asked.
    “ I need to look like I fit in at a biker bar .” Claire raised her gaze in the mirror to her sister ’ s to see a smirk on her face.
    “What on earth for?” Emma asked .
    Biting her lip with unease , she reached for her pearls and twisted , still gazing at Emma in the mirror. “Butch got a tip that someone tried to cash one of my fundraiser checks, and the guy hangs out at a biker bar across town . If I go dressed in my slacks and pearls, he’ll run before we even have a chance to question him. ”
    Emma crossed her arms over her chest and raised an eyebrow . T he look was one Claire had given to her sisters many times, but this was the first time Emma had given it to her . “ Butch isn’t going to let you go with him. I’m not sure why you’re bothering with all this , ” Emma said as her hand motioned to the clothing and the makeup.
    Vivian was one of the few friends that knew their family secrets. Emma had spilled the beans so to speak almost a year before when she’d been worried about Vivian’s abusive ex-boyfriend. So Claire decided to tell her the truth , since there would be no repercussions for her secret coming out . “ It’s simple really. He needs me; he just doesn’t know it yet. If the guy decides not to talk, I can always poke at his mind to find the truth.”
    Vivian started pulling out her makeup and got right down t o work while Claire debated the plan with Emma. “I still can’t see him letting you go . I t could be too dangerous . Y ou’ve never been to a place like that .”
    “Emma , you of all people know that I can take care of myself. Besides , Butch does n’t have much of a choice. When I set my mind to do something, there i s no changing it. I promise I’ll be careful , and I’ll even carry my gun.”
    Emma glanced to Vivian . “Do whatever you need to do to make sure she looks like she fits in. ” Emma placed her hands on Claire’s shoulder and narrowed her eyes at Claire’s reflection in the mirror . “Keep your phone on vibrate. If I start to get any feelings whatsoever or if Momma Mae tell s me you’re in trouble , I want you out of there. At the first feelings I g et that something is wrong and you don’t answer , I’m send ing in the troops to get you , and trust me, you don’t want that .”
    Emma looked as though she meant business, and Claire wouldn’t put it pas t her sister to send Jake, Mike , and Briggs to the rescue. Emma seemed to be making her own stand on the issue and wa sn’t giving Claire the option. Claire smiled up at Emma and gave a curt nod . “Agreed.”
    The transformation from head to toe took two hours before everything was said and done. T hey had been interrupted only once by Jake. When Emma had told him Claire’s plan all , he could do was shake his head and then laugh before mumbling something about Butch as he retreated back through the door .
    Claire stood looking in to the full - length mirror a ttached to the back of the door, admiring Vivian’s handiwork. She wasn’t sure what Vivian had done, but she definitely didn’t look like herself. The dress wasn’t bad. It wasn’t something she’d pick out, but she guessed that was the point. The short red dress clung to her curves like a glove. Claire leaned over to battle with the hemline, and when she looked up , she saw her breast s almost spilling out of the top . She straightened up