Thunder Thighs - Bonus

Chapter One
Mai

No one talks about how much fucking work anxiety is. Oh, sure. They'll tell you how tiring and emotionally draining it feels to live in a constant state of heightened emotions but no one is talking about being up until 3am the night before a big meeting to research five different routes in case the one you take is congested or closed for repairs. Plan B? More like plans A through Z.

You know who needs to be running emergency service departments? Anyone with high anxiety. We plan for all contingencies. I looked down at the mobile phone clutched in my clammy hand, trying to breathe through the near overwhelming panic that clawed up my throat and constricted my chest.

Dear
Ms. Sakamoto,

We
are pleased to invite you to participate in Perfect Fit, a reality show and fashion design competition series hosted by Michelle Conliam. You'll be challenged to design cutting edge creations which will be judged by our panel of expert designers, Minerva Devillian, Alison Louis, and Erike Baretti.

The email continued but I couldn't. Huddled on the dressing room floor of Bloom
Boutique, I faced myself in not one, not two but three mirrors—each reflecting a woman on the edge of a break down.

I'm going to strangle Theo.

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