Maida's Dress: A Short Story

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It was Thanksgiving day, and a girl named Maida, had her heart set on wearing a lovely purple dress to Thanksgiving dinner. She and her friend, Grace, had been planning for months to wear these purple and red dresses, and had been saving up to pay for them. Maida was just heading to her room to get the money to pay for the dress, when she finds Grace, her roommate standing in the hallway, crying over the fact that the landlord had just kicked her out for not paying part of the month’s rent. Maida is torn, as the amount that Grace owes is the same amount that the dress costs. She then reluctantly decides to let Grace have the money, and pay her back as soon as possible. However, now that Maida doesn’t have the money to pay for the dress, she