Alex had stripped and was in the shower when she heard Marie's every crushing word as if it was a knife piercing her heart. Putting her right hand on the shower wall, she leaned forward with a lowered head as the hot water cascading over her now trembling body. Gasping, she sobbed as her tears blended with the water that ran down her face. Unknown to her, a hidden secret was awakening and sending her feelings out to Edward, a connection that had long been forgotten.
Standing there, she slowly went through the motions of taking a shower, not registering what she was doing. She finished and wrapped a large towel around her body, allowing her hair to drip. Reluctantly, she started getting ready for the fundraiser and brushed her hair to blow-dry it straight. Once her hair was dry, she finally got dressed in the purple dress, dreading the next few hours of her rapidly shortening life.
She curled her hair into soft spirals so that it would hang down her back like a cascading, blonde waterfall. Her eyeshadow was simple and done in an elegant smokey purple, blending dark and light shades together. Putting her bangs in her eyes, she hid their unusually bright blue and took the left side of her hair and pinned it back with a purple flower, showing her chandelier earrings.