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Sneaking in Description

hough she was usually law-abiding and cautious, Susan was so late that she allowed herself to do something she’d usually never do: She put the pedal to the metal and accelerated all the way to 80 miles an hour, though the speed limit was 65. She did so because she was mad at Charles. Madder than a hornet’s nest! Even so, she wanted to look good for the upcoming confrontation at their lawyer’s office. So, cautiously, she reached over to her purse in the passenger seat and began rooting around in it for her lipstick. The purse was COACH brand, burgundy leather, with cocoa-brown accents, and a gold zipper, and of course the COACH logo, also in gold. The lipstick was REVLON’s iconic “Cherries in the

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