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Hadley

I can’t believe they fired er junior architects, but this cae, barely able to rub two pennies together toI should have known it was too good to be true Now I’ mess A home that’s not really evenwhen I tell hi at Tyler’s bar when I was talking to hi to an end when he mentioned Cooper had a place with two bedrooms I looked at Tyler like he had to heads We didn’t know each other froh the idea appealed toin with the girls I looked at Coop with hopefulness inway manner It wasn’t until Tyler,my praises Why, I have no idea I looked up to Tyler as an older brother He knehat ed the on a roommate when he clearly didn’t need one

Don’t get , I’m thankful more than ever My lease was up in less than three weeks, and betorking, going to school, and paying bills,donuts

Cooper didn’t need a roommate, or a friend for that matter The way he filled out his dress shirts and slacks, wearing the finest of clothes, showed he didn’t need the first part, that’s for sure He always ca a suit Most of the time, the jacket would be discarded, his sleeves would be rolled up, and his tie was stuffed in his pocket

When he first started co in, Tyler would excuse himself from the bar and have me bartend while they’d talk and shoot the shit I loved working behind the bar, not to hts Sometimes I think Tyler did it on purpose By the ti, I bawled my eyes out on Tyler’s shoulder I was sad to leave the bar, another chapter closing, and I was scared I’d be losing Tyler as well In a way, he was the only fa he knew because I shared e used to close the bar down together

Where was I living before landing in a place like Cooper’s? That was siirls and I rented an apart on the outskirts of cairls to a rooirls I rooirl ht we’d have forh

My schedule was beyond chaotic Working at a bar didn’t helpup, I told Tyler I wasn’t sure what I was going to do next He told ht; he may know someone He offered for me to stay at his place, but he lives in the studio apartood that would have been for his busy life He is a workaholic, not to mention I saw the women who flirted with hi on him when he’d escort thehter He’d shake his head and say, “You could’ve fucking helped” I’d have been a smartass the entire time

That leads et onfor my job back at Alibi

Feeling like the idiot I aht two bottles of wine The cheap kind, because that’s what I prefer, nowwhat the hell I’h money to pay my portion of rent the next two months, and my student loans are down to only a few thousand dollars At least I was s that debt hanging around e

“You could file for une amazeballs It’s in the don area, has all the luxuries of a home, and even has a balcony Which is where , on bottle number then I hear the front door open It’s a beautiful balrees in our little don area of Tennessee The gorgeous view of the river, the trees rippling in the wind, and the s off the seawalls It’s crisp and cool, and I know fall is co soon