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At least this day can't get any worse

Famous last words, I knowExcept I can't help but think it, even as I'uesthouse and dragging my suitcase behind me

The suitcasethan nails on a chalkboard as I drag it over the concreteIt's held together with twine, clothes poking out of the sides every which way, and a giant sticker peeling at the edges that reads, "Notice of Inspection "I' one of the wheels in e clai off

The suitcase looks better than I do, actuallyYou know those roets caught in a downpour and is supposed to appear bedraggled but instead is breathtakingly gorgeous in spite of her dripping hair and clothes?Yeah, that's pretty much exactly the opposite of what I look like

I look like I walked off the set of a horror rate while I alking and ripped it clean offonto the sidewalk and skinninga cab, my umbrella had some kind of seizure, so my hair is plastered to my head; my clothes are soaked; and h my white t-shirtI know my shirt is transparent, because the cab driver was helpful enough to point it out for me

I'uesthouse without any further catastropheI didn't even stop at theanyone I know, and as soon as I glimpsed the cars in the driveway, I knew I had to avoid that place

I've just flown back to Dallas to startin my father's coeThe last thing I need is to show up at the door looking like a hot mess in front of whatever business associates

Sneaking around to the guesthouse is a much smarter choice in my condition

Besides, I don't think I even have the mental capacity to make coherent conversation with anyoneAll I want is a showerActually, make that a bathI want a bath and a stiff drink

At least it's not raining anyht?

I push open the door to the guesthouse with h the doorwayI' such a commotion that it's only when I turn around, I realize I'm not alone