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I laughed "Bless you" The chuckle actually felt good I was relieved for the break in ony "I needed that"

"No, really" Aspen just kept frowning "How could he not realize hoesome you are? How could heand then justto you first? Oh, wait Is the apartment leased in your name or did you move in with him? Maybe--"

My shoulders buckled fro on theo, and he’d been living there for over a year The lease and everything is in his na the rent for the past--"

"Four months? Yeah Pretty much" Stupid, idiotic, naive me

Aspen shook her head "I still can’t believe he just That bastard"

It didher upset on my behalf, and that kind of cheered reeing "But the good news in all this is that I’nant like I kind of feared I was"

"Say what?"

Leaning in toward her, I confessed, "I’m late, but I think it’s just stress or I-don’t-know because I sensed so on with him lately But this is the second test I’ve taken in two days, and they’ve both been negative, so , huh? Dodged a bullet there"

Aspen shook her head, gazing atakin to ahich eird because I didn’t think I could be any more pathetic than I was in this moment

"You amaze me," she said "I don’t kno you can still srin on my face went a little stiff as a memory assailed me

Make hme with desperate brown eyes No e You are fun and sweet and a just the way you are You ht side You ARE the bright side And if I’h this, I need to know you’re out there, still glowing and ht