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But shethem off

Decision e, concealed by condiments

I palm my phone and send Tessa, my closest friend from where I just ht have bigger balls than you

She responds within seconds

Tessa: Doubt it

I chuckle in the silence ofthe three missed calls from my mum, I dial her number as I slump down on the corner of s?"

"Great You know, settling in The studio is beautiful, Mu? It’s okay if there is You know, a lot of , or at least have little reatness"

My est child lives nearly sixteen thousand miles away

"No catastrophes yet Give hs heavily

I s my elbows on ot a new job at one of the markets near her horeat Tell her to call her little brother when she gets a minute I miss her"

Two quick beeps of a car horn sound so I pad to the onlyin my loft and spot a delivery truck parked below

The equipet off here I’ll talk to you soon though, yeah?"

"I love you, sweetheart"

"Love you"

I disconnect the call and slide es I ordered all arrive within a few hours of each other I sign the slips the drivers provide and set about organizing everything, then re-organizing

Having seven sisters has orgeous, with ba I had installed before the inally in here never would’ve worked for the hu The ould’ve swelled and cracked I probably would be out a couple thousand replacing it

Not an option forfor the loft above the studio, the flooring, the equip ridiculous how expensive an aluhway robbery at its best

I take to the footpath after grabbing a quick bite to eat

Apple slices and soht fro with a few other items

The sky is warm and clear The street noisy, a steady line of traffic obstructing my view of the bakery Of the ant to peer inside, once, just one glance to see Brooke in her ele the hand I hold up to stop the the stack of fliers Everyone seeh their headphones, and ignoring everyone around the out over the weekend, but I drew up two hundred<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>