The Shining

She did not know how she stumbled into all of this. If Jessica was forced to think, she would say the whole horror started with buying that shiny dress.

"I mean, look at that!", she exclaimed gleefully as she walked to and fro in front of the mirror in Melanie's shop. Her friend Melanie smiled. Melanie was the owner of the shop. Both became friends in their youth and even though they lived their lives different that one event in the school welded them together forever.

Jessica jumped up and down. "Can I have this? Pretty pretty please?" she exclaimed. "This is the bestest dress I have ever worn. Peter will... love it if you know" she added with a hint of you-know-why.

Melanie nodded, and so it all began. Connecting one dot with another, the next thing Jessica thought was Melanie's soiree...

This creation is an inspiration that came out during a dialog ( ) with the fantastic @En_No