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I wrapped ing my face within inches of the ot turned down by a ht How do you feel?" the nad wo estured toward h wine to sustain a sasm in a thousand years, and I will probably die old and alone in a beautifully designed apart aroundMirror Caroline her thumb

"Silly Caroline, you had Clive neutered," Mirror Caroline answered, shaking her head at me

"Go fk yourself, Mirror Caroline, since I can’t even do that," I finished, ending the interview and takingon a T-shirt, I fell into bed, my drunk self exhausted from the hike and the dinner and the wine and the ed in The thought of it brought rab some tissues, only to find an eer voodoo

Could this night get any worse?

Then

"Pancakes, sweetie?"

"Love some Thanks, babe"

Jesus

"Is there still creaht here, honeybunch"

Sweet Jesus

Listening to a new couple, much less t couples was sooing to be a long ht, I’d fallen into a deep sleep, aided, no doubt, by all the wine I’d consu headache, and a queasy stoe that I’d have to see Si and have that weird we-totally-ht conversation

Jah, and I remembered hoell he took care of me back in the day It was a niceHe’d called under the pretense of checking with me about a paint color, which I quickly called as a bluff Then he’d admitted he just wanted to talk to me, and fresh off the Great Hot Tub Rejection, I was happy to talk to someone I kneanted my attention Damn you, Sireed ireat tiht as well enjoy a night on the town

Noas seated at the breakfast table, surrounded by t couples ere filling the kitchen with enough sexual satisfaction to h I kept it to myself as Mimi perched happily on Ryan’s lap, and Neil fed Sophia h he was put on the earth for this reason and this reason alone

"Hoas the rest of your evening, Ms Caroline?" Mi eyebrow I pressed the tines of ruht alone," Sophia murmured to Neil

I looked up at her in surprise The casualness hich they were treating this was really starting to bother ht alone Who the hell do you think I spent the night with? Huh?" I asked, slalass over "Ah, fk it all to hell," Ifor the second time in less than twelve hours

I sat in one of the Adirondack chairs, looking out over the lake The cool of thesoothed my heated face, and I wiped cluirls footsteps follow me outside

"I don’t want to talk about it, okay?" I instructed, as they took the seats opposite ht for sure e left last night, I mean…you and Simon are just--" Mi There is no ht we’d pair off just because you four finally figured your shit out? You’re welcotears froan, and I cut her off as well

"You thought since ere the ones left over we’d just ically become a couple? How storybook--three sets of perfectly ht? Like that ever happens This isn’t some romance novel"

"Oh, come on, you two are perfect for each other You called us blind last night? Hi, pot It’s me, kettle," Sophia snapped back

"Hi, kettle, you have about thirty seconds before this pot kicks your ass Nothing happened Nothing is going to happen In case you forgot, he has a harem, ladies A harem! And I’et it, okay?" I yelled, pushing out of the chair, turning for the house, and running right into a quiet Si through the blinds, idiots!" I cried as Neil and Ryan backed away from the

"Caroline, can we talk, please?" Si me toward him

"Sure, why not? Let’sto know, I threw ht, and he turned gled out of his grip and walked toward the trail to the lake I heard nothing behind me and turned to see all five of them, wide eyed and evidently unsure what to do next

"Hey! Coers, and he started aftera little afraid