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\u201cHi, Julia honey,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0she said, her voice sticky sweet.\u00a0\u201cI just wanted to touch base about the wedding. There will be a lot of family there, along with professional photographers and videographers, you know. And\u2026 well\u2026 I hope you\u2019re not planning to go looking like that, were you?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t want to embarrass our family, do you?! Here, take this. I brought you a wig. Wear it to the wedding. We don\u2019t want people distracted by\u2026 your appearance. It will make you more\u2026 comfortable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I felt myself sinking through the floor\u2014not ashamed of myself, but ashamed for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe, \u2018comfortable?\u2019\u201d<\/em>\u00a0I asked.\u00a0\u201cOr will it make you more comfortable?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

She gave her practiced laugh.\u00a0\u201cOh no, sweetie, it\u2019s not like that. It\u2019s just\u2026 people might be distracted. It\u2019s a happy occasion, and I don\u2019t want any whispers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

There it was\u2014the polite knife. My bald head, the proof of what I\u2019d survived, was an embarrassment to her perfect picture.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHi, Julia honey,\u201d\u00a0she said, her voice sticky sweet.\u00a0\u201cI just wanted to touch base about the wedding. There will be a lot of family there, along with professional photographers and videographers, you know. And\u2026 well\u2026 I hope you\u2019re not planning to go looking like that, were you?\u201d My stomach dropped. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to embarrass our…<\/p>\n

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