Facelift, Two Months' Out

A stranger used to be able to tell Fio's age at a glance.  Now it would take two glances--one behind her right ear, one behind her left.
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Fiorella's facelift must have worked--when the was in HEB yesterday, not only did the cashier refrain from calling her "dear," but she didn't automatically signal for a carry-out.
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Fio's gotten so used to her facelift that her old photos look foreign to her, like they're of . . . her mother.