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"Where are you going?" Rose asks

"A, uh, work eency has come up Some sort of color issue for the new line" The lie comes easily and I’ure out if I’ the truth or not I never lie about stuff like this But there are a lot of things I never did before, until I becaet to eat" Lily pushes the plate of sautéed shrirab one and pop it intoquickly before I s Great Now I’ll have weird shrium Or to make tietting ahead of myself I never even responded to hi et away from your sisters soon?

I can understand if you don’t want to see es he left me in the time span of about three minutes, and the rush of happiness that threatens to take over me is ridiculous Those texts make me think he cares

Foolish But true

Meet me at my place in an hour? I say in response

He waits a few beats before he replies

I’ll be there

"I gotta go," I repeat, grabbing nore etting out of here and catching a cab back toas I aze focused on the front doors They’re so far away it’ll be an eternity before I ers close around the crook of o

But it’s not one ofme back

It’s Zachary

"Violet" He says ht reverent voice, as if he can’t believe I’hter, pissed that I’a pants I caym to this brunch/lunch date with Rose and Lily, not really caring what I looked like Still in a funk over Friday night, which was so stupid

Though o of me," I murmur, and Zachary immediately drops hold of "