Terms and Temptations

torm in human form, she does not wait for permission;

after having sent mom home. She was already tired fro

hospital's food court. He had rushed in early th

icacies, I was famish

red, you should

t after I see Rose and

g woman, I just want you to know, I am a

not knowing how to st

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ts his ha

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he

exus m

n't think it appropriate to tell me th

happened

't care

from my me

e without telling me, you wouldn't involve me

your sister isn't the one lying in a hospital bed, you are so lax and comfortable becaus

ave never bothered to know anything about me, you turn me down every chance you get

enc

n. There are other pressing issues right

he pushes his chair

how his muscles flex as he walks, compos

Rose lucki

as cheerful as ever saw I

e says wi

reach out for her, it fe

lly don't want you al

bout you who should

midnight yesterday, r

st get better for us pleaseee, your

save money on sha

chanism. We talked about school, the future every other ev

't ignore the dread

break the news to my b

, scribbling something on a form. "People t

anyway, I never really settled in

missed," comes a voice

e bane of m

surprising. You never seem

like a terrible person. Wish

sashays away, most definitely r

phone buzzes

: Five days, Miss

t a deep

lax a little as the cool breeze sweeps over me, I stand there for a wh

sign of the cro

Camil,

rushing toward me

ld have known better. I wasn't thinking. I was just worried

y bag higher on my shoulder.

enc

whisper I could barely hear

ay when he wraps his arms around me. I don't hug h

eded

wouldn't

cla

listen. One hand grips the edge of the desk behind her, the other t

she whispers something about s

table, grab my wallet, and pull out a few crisp bills. "Here," I say flatly,

speak, but the look in my eyes shuts her up. Sh

t to make me feel bet

ush my fingers through my hair, and

rnoon. We lost a deal that would've pulled in six figures. My a

g to see what went wrong. I had to call

hone, no one has cal

up and

ffeur so no one was going to bring my car to the entrance. One of tho

e driver's seat, I go

fun, hoping to see y

didn't get ba

to reach you, h

n I notice a figure, an umbrella over their head right in front of

a woman.

nowled

ashes a well-manicured middle fing

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