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from

f the bathtub but Ha

the tub, looking grim. "I'll tell your boss

h trouble and any ones who do seriously regret

though. He's not heartless, and

ater, Hannah comes back, alo

meone else to cover the story. He ask

glass of wine and took a sip

you'll be expected back at work. As I said, you ca

that Raymond had left inside of me. I had been slapped hard

Hannah's best bottles. By the time I'm pretty better. I flop into

or anyone in particular. The name Hunter catches my

hool and throughout most of college. Everyth

how he got hurt. Barely a week later, he moved clear across the state. I've t

is wort

y: "

ith Raymond, he

y, Kenzy. A

Sure, I

are drunk

Absol

when you are sober

so far. I send Dylan another smiling sticker before dropping t

ut I ended up hitting

red, rubbing the are

d calls from Raymond

ah go there tomorro

under the blankets is a task that defeats me in my drunken state, so I sprawl atop them

y future. I don't know what my life looks like witho

I can'

**★

woke up with a p

ed. I somehow manage to crawl to the shower, thank

f into work today, it

r and a painkiller. Hannah isn't up yet, but I managed to

back to the guest room and spen

re two

ve me a call w

it would be wonderfu

ylan last night. Still, I was

want t

ion that he didn't want to be friends an

f grinning as

'd love to me

How abo

me hours to bring myse

ure see

ieve I'm going t

lfway thinking of what he was going to look like after such a long time. I grinned, what

hole morning browsing through Netflix. I keep glaring at the clock checking the time as it passes by slowly. It's 10:30 and

are you

d only make up excuses, pulling

arly. As I sip my coffee, I looke

d at elev

into a hug." Hey, it'

though afraid of breaking me. "You

appened to you? You just van

d to joke that he'd make the world's worst secret service

ng a lot, there were many things he wanted to say but I

it's a lo