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Part One:

While standing outside her cousins’ house, a suitcase in each hand and a messenger bag slung over her shoulder, Holly Anderson felt small.

Very, very small.

She also felt exceedingly plain, with her curly brown ponytail, face without makeup, scuffed sneakers, faded blue jeans, and T-shirt.

That was the way her cousins’ house made her feel. Ugly and insignificant.