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Imagine flying across the world for a wedding where once a first love who broke your heart was going to be. A young girl by the name of Peyton is going to her Uncle's wedding in Florida. She met a boy named Jace there last year and fell completely head over heels for him. A week before the wedding she found out he was going to be there also. She had a few doubts about not going to the wedding because of him, but her mother made her go because it was family. The Puritans would obliterate the book, right of way due to their inappropriate clothing, sinful lives and lack of family values. The Puritans would despise the book right of way because of the inappropriate clothing being worn by women. Peyton and her mother went to do a little bit of …show more content…
The visited a store called, Nordstrom and Peyton hated that store. Peyton's mother has always been up tight on what her daughter would wear out into public. Peyton's mother had always been in perfect shape throughout her life. Peyton had found this cute short grey strapless dress and she loved it. Her mother went and got her a size six and that was a little tight for Peyton but she was afraid to tell her because her mother would get very upset. She talked to the dressing lady and she sneaked a size eight in the dressing room and the dress look and fit perfectly. Next thing you know Peyton's mother comes out of her dressing room in a little black dress that hits just above the knee. The dress is sleeveless and classy with a cowl neck and a zigzag pattern worked into the dress. She had asked Peyton for her opinion, but she had to be careful on what she would say because her mother would get very upset if Peyton said something wrong about the

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