228 Sweet Sixteen Sleepover

That Friday, while William was at work and Julie was at school, Lina got busy preparing everything for Julie's sleepover.

She decorated Julie's room with some pink twinkly lights, arranged all of the heart and star shaped pillows on Julie's bed and set up another mattress on the floor for the girls.

Tao Jiayi helped Lina bake some pink cupcakes with vanilla frosting and a heavy dusting of pink glittery sprinkles completed the girly treat.

She instructed the housekeeper to make an assortment of snacks for the girls and decided that she would order some takeout later.

After getting dressed in a pair of dark wash maternity jeans and a stretchy long sleeved top, Lina tied her long hair up into a high ponytail.

She looked in the tall mirror and smoothed down the fly aways from her wavy hair.

I wonder if I should get a haircut? she thought; considering how long her hair had grown over the past two years and remembering that she hadn't visited a salon in years.