was almost time to have it trimmed again.

Wispy, frivolous bangs were

threatening to brush her pale brows, and frivolity was one thing she simply
could not abide, especially when it came to the way she looked. For all of her
twenty-seven years, Emily Swenson's appearance had reflected her
philosophy .and her life- busy, hard-working, and earnest. She kept her hair
painfully short to save the minutes a longer length would have required, her
clothing simple, and her make