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One last mirror check. Hair: perfectly coiffed. Makeup: no blotches, no coloring outside the lines on lips or eyes. Cheryl dabbed at an invisible (to all but Cheryl) blotch on the lipstick.

Stepping back from the vanity, another check of the outfit so painstakingly chosen for this debut. The gown was robin’s egg blue with swaths of sequins and pearls. The back proffered an alluring split to the thigh. The front low enough for cleavage to peek through enticingly.

Gems sparkled from Cheryl’s ears and throat and rings adorned fingers red-tipped with polish.

At the bottom of seamed, silk encased legs . . . sparkling silver pumps – size 10E.

The stage manager hurried to Cheryl’s side, trying to hurry things along. “It’s time, Max, come on.”

“There is no Max here, you dolt. Only Cheryl. Cheryl will come when Cheryl is ready.”

“Well, CHERYL had best get ready soon, or I’m going to the next act. Just because this is your first time, honey, that don’t mean the crowd won’t get restless and boo you off the stage. Now, you coming or not?”

A flip, a twirl, and a sigh preceded Cheryl’s walk onto the stage. There were no boos that night. Cheryl entranced the crowd and loved every minute of it.
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This is dedicated to those in my family who walk the walk as they talk the talk. More power to you!

The trifecta challenge this week is TIME used in the third definition:

1a : the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues : duration
b : a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events which succeed one another from past through present to future
c : leisure [time for reading]
2: the point or period when something occurs : occasion
3a : an appointed, fixed, or customary moment or hour for something to happen, begin, or end [arrived ahead of time]
b : an opportune or suitable moment —often used in the phrase about time [about time for a change]