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I wandered over to the front hile Gee of a snowstorround froround At any other time, this would have been the perfect day to stay inside withpopcorn and chatting Apparently, today wasn’t going to be one of those days I tried to force my attention back to my roommates

"It’s not like you’ve had perfect relationships, yourself," Marcia said

"What? Because I hit a rough patch with Philip? Well, we talked last night, and he said as distracting hi to try to be better because heto radiate enthusiasood fortune

Both of the like they wished I’d just vanished "You say that now," Geht I believe there was so of dued, though to be fair, she had prettythe sa a slut It wasn’t like I’d broken any new ground there

Marcia chuckled "Yeah, and ironic, wasn’t it, considering she went fro with her? And then shehim a chance to shoasn’t a cold fish"

By this tied so hard I nearly had a cras I did?" I asked My heart clenched at the thought of what he ed "It’s hard to tell with that mask he had on But he went really quiet, still-like He uys would have left you there to find your oay home, and he wanted to make sure you’d be okay I think he really, really likes you And he’s a good guy"

I shook h that would clear out soet it I don’t knohere that stuff could have come from"

"It had to have come from somewhere," Marcia said

"We should have known that nice routine was too good to be true," Gery "Coether at least five years, off and on, and you’ve seenugly hidden underneath the surface" I tried to think of an explanation for whatever had happened The most obvious, of course, was that I’d been enchanted I’d done soo, the last time I’d lost my imh for someone in that crowd to have zapped me with a spell Unfortunately, I couldn’t tell thes people slip into drinks, like the news shows are alarning you about Myabout that the other day"

My head finally cleared co for my skull, and I felt like I was truly, fully awake for the first time today--even more awake than usual I could now assess the situation and see it for what it was They were lying to ret drinking too much None of that stuff had really happened I’d probably fallen asleep on a couch and hed "Okay, I think your little prank has gone on long enough You’ve run it into the ground, and it’s not the least bit a"

It would have been nice if I could have grabbed a coat and sto down hard and I didn’t want to be out in it Instead, I went back to the bedrooet the real story of what happened at the party, but then I realized I didn’t have his ho about our relationship I hoped he ht call to make sure I was okay, but he didn’t I spent the rest of the day curled up on ainstto sleep long before Geone to bed so early, I woke before ured I’d let them worry about h to co early alsoOwen If he didn’t care enough to call to see hoas doing after a night when he’d had to carry ht if he worried about me