Status Updates From Thin, Rich, Pretty

They all come to terms with their insecurities - Holly decided to end up doing the nude modeling for that artist that asked earlier in the book & she felt truly free and beautiful.

Lex stayed with Greg flipping homes, happy with her wealth, but content with a subtle life.

Nicola got a roll in Europe, needed to change scenery - realizing/ feeling comfortable with her true self and looks & content w where she was @

Holly sees a painting behind lex & offers to buy them - lex didn’t realize they were from a famous painter & it was worth millions, she had 4 of this painters painting - so lex is wealthy again, Greg goes “you can buy n sell me now, but you’d rather stay and flip homes with me, r you sure this will make you happy?” But she found bliss in work & the man she was with who showed her how to fix homes

She explains her stepmom made decoys of her real mothers jewelry to sell as she pleased - the chain tho is sentimental to her - she can’t believe they went through so much trouble to bring it to her

They apologize bc they thought the ring would help her financial situation, but lex explains the chain brings her closure to one of the biggest mistakes she made - taking the necklace to camp & losing it

They explain they wronged her 20 years ago & lex says she was jealous of them & everyone @ camp bc everyone got stuff from home

Lexie cries when she sees the ring & explains it was her mothers, she couldn’t believe they found it - nic & Holly expected her to yell @ them, but she was so calm and appreciative

Lex explain the ring is fake, she was upset about losing the chain- her mom wore it everyday

Greg kisses Lexie & tells her that they’re really good at flipping homes together - he wants to be in a relationship w her & she’s never felt this way towards anyone, she seems genuinely happy with him

Lexie & Nicola knock on the door after getting the address from a worker at Sephora bc they recognized Nicola from a film she did

Nicola nose got damaged from hollys fall, people are recognizing her as a celebrity again as they try to find Lexie - she feels grateful to be herself again

“I’ve spent a lifetime trying to figure out what others are thinking w/o ever giving any consideration to what I think”

They find the ring at camp, Holly climbed up and proved to herself she could do it, that she wasn’t any of those mean things people used to call her - when they were younger nic climbed up bc Holly Was 2 scared - nic couldn’t climb up now bc she sprained her wrist

As they go back to the camp, it’s been abandoned, but all the cabins are there - as they renter one of the cabins it gives Holly overwhelming memories & a strange protective feeling over the child she’d been (think this was needed to heal inner childhood traumas)

She remembers the days there hadn’t been happy, she would stay awake till everyone fell asleep incase anyone started talking/laughing at her

Holly sees Lexie working at Sephora, she’s helping her out, it hits her that she knows her, so she leave - later she’s her card get declined for a cheeseburger @ the mall - she walks up to Lexie and they eventually remember each other from camp & Lexie tells her how she was always jealous of Holly & Nicola

Holly feels bad & tells Nicola they need to find the ring @ the camp they went to & help Lexie out

Lexie: after her father passed, all the will was given to her stepmom & she kicks her out of the house - she has no money, never had a job, & has to figure out how to live now - all her rich friends leave her, she meets the contractor that’s working on her parents home and becomes friends with him - after failing to find a place to live he offers to help her if she helps fix up the home he’s trying to sell

Nicola & Holly met @ a camp a long time ago when they were thirteen where they felt bullied by these girls - they end up hiding one of the girls rings bc of it - this girl is Lexie - Lexie mom passed away & her father got remarried she kept the ring bc it was her moms, but nic & holly viewed Lexie as mean bc she hung out with the other mean girls

Really Lexie was always jealous of their friendship the whole time

Nicola: has always wanted to be pretty, has a big nose which made her feel ugly & she doesn’t know how to accept herself for that - she’s into acting & was having hard time getting roles so she got a nose job, but now directors r saying she’s too pretty - being pretty wasn’t as fun as she thought it would be & now she regrets her decision - couldn’t accept herself truly

Holly, changes herself in relationships to fit a mold & be accepted & loved, it gets her into manipulating relationships - she wants to be thin, chubby growing up, meets a guy that said he’ll marry her if she lost a few lbs, she starves herself to do, and then he leaves her - she realizes she doesn’t know who she is, doesn’t feel like herself, & “being thin isn’t as fun as thought it would be”