Helga

She showered alone, but let Helga help her put on the new clothes, a white spaghetti strap dress with a sky-blue top over it, and a beautiful teal jacket as an outer layer, with images of white flowers flying across the fabric.

"You look beautiful as always, Luna Karenina."

She gave Helga a small smile after the compliment. At first Karen felt uncomfortable around her friend, embarrassed even, because there was no way that Helga didn't know that she had spent the night with Xavier. She didn't even want to guess what was going through her friend's mind.

But she was quickly reassured by Helga's cheerful demeanor. There was...