"The secret with makeup is to use as little as you possibly can. And if youuse it, use it as subtly and unobtrusively as possible. The best makeup job...s the one where they have to look twice to try to figure out if you'rewearing makeup."She put on the lipstick. I pursed my lips onto a Kleenex, feeling veryfeminine as I did it."Now, your eyes. This is the most important area where we apply makeup, themost difficult area to do right, and the most obvious place to see makeupmistakes. When I watch. "That's a dance pole. It's been there for a while. Since Katherine and Amy are cheerleaders, they like to practice their routines with it."Glory frowned. She was tempted to make some biting comments about the pole, but she held back. However, she couldn't help think about Katherine dancing in some half-naked outfit for the benefit of her brother. In-house, on-demand, live cheerleader strip shows. That must be nice for him. How convenient.Suddenly, Glory had a vivid vision of Katherine standing. That’s why she was living a life others had written for her. “I’m gone almost every weekend.”Lia remained silent for a minute. Then, sliding off the arm of the sofa onto the cushion, she patted the empty space next to her, urging the other girl to sit down.“Listen, far be it for me to give you life advice or anything, but from the things you told me about your boyfriend, he sounds like a right bore.” She leaned back and crossed her legs over. It was much more comfortable to speak to Maddie. "Thank you, Kenny," she nodded. My mom had left some coffee in a carafe, so I prepared a little tray and brought it out for us to share. She apparently had taken the time to compose herself."Kenny," she finally blurted out after we'd each sipped at the coffee, "I don't know how to say this, so I'm just going to be blunt. And I would ask you, please, not to tell Wally. I've kept this from both kids. If you say no, please just forget I was here."She took a deep breath, and plunged in."Allen has.