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darkness that starts to lull me back into restful slumber. How did it even go

inging cuts through the haze of

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pen, reaching over to the bedside table where my phone wa

lf bark into the receiver

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e tiger, why are

red and

your apartment right

leaving me smiling tiredly and

as I throw the door open, Zuri

sleeping? It's 1pm. Sinc

ain and had to walk all the way to

perately to reach you all day yesterday, where'd you leave

mbarrased, and too tired to answer

dy though, you don't want to keep C

ing the lunch date I had promised my bes

t, didn't you?" Zur

of hysterics, our sides heaving with unsur

Zuri says as soon as she

ing…I'm

from relationships?" Zuri enquires as we sit do

an amused Callum who is

t's up?" he r

hat I actually forgot about our pl

n. Now back to what I aske

d" I supply in response to the

r heartbreak, especially one caused by that shitface, undeserving

ed him and thought that he was a no-good; and he really did tu

'm just currently focused on getting my life on track. Da

Zuri starts, but

from one of my bestfriends to the other. "I really wa

change a single thing. Luckily a waiter walks towards their tab

m, ordering lunch in a quantity

ders as soon as the waiter walks away from our table, chang

softly, eyeing Zur

ready, unwilling to miss even the tiniest detail

"Come on Bri, spare her the suspense; she wouldn't survive

nnounce "technically I quit,

actically flashing in her eyes at the t

e breakup with Tom?" C

es, of the bitter kind, swarming my insides with a vengeance; sucking

anyway, they weren't even deserving of the skills you possess

orm in my hazy mind, and they both give each other quizzical stares;

a bitter ex brother-in-law?" Zuri questions

um responds, then turns to me and

ds, adding an affirmative nod

the bad stuff last night" I inform them, wa

t of your systems, huh?" Zuri teases insta

"Of course not. Not yet" I tease right back,

allum interrupts, pushing b

whether or not we'd need something too,

tching as Callum stalks away

tention back to the conversation a

ack?" I question worriedly, pointing in the dire

loudly; "Fine then

smile she pushes away from h

e email I had received from Greysons' Inc; the biggest financial holdings comp

. They also move through a variety of fields, engineering, architecture, agriculture, commerce, finance….. the list is long and endless.

she and Callum take their re

y lungs with air that smells a lot li

management account

ping out from their sockets; and Callum's jaw slackens, almo

ng up and wrapping her arms around me in a

being suffocated; and Zuri releases her h

g Bri" Callum

ood has just been swe

ks Ca

me Zuri exclaims "Calls for a celebration!" her

ully, in response to Callum's question, then turn

d a huge smile on his face,

is, it's more befitting" he offers, e

r to our table. It is barely 1pm and we were all getting buzzed for a round of alcohol splu

?" the waiter asks as soon as

g the 'p', and shaking her

nderstanding, drops the bill on the table and walks away in