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Which was seriously ironic, because Brett couldn’t remember the last ti plastered

But that was the old Brett The wild, up-for-anything Brett who used to cliht away

The new and ians any up her act But with the pride caht of the conversation she’d had with her brother Mike last month

When he’d flat out asked her if she was an alcoholic

She’d honestly been able to answer no, but there was also no denying she hadn’t made the best choices in the past Yes, she knehen to cut herself off, and she was perfectly capable of going for weeks, months, and even years without a drop of alcohol Her proble drunk, but the decisions sheup with the worst possiblework the nexther bills on ti to remember when stuff was due

Now that her father and brothers were uards, she couldn’t afford to make those kinds of mistakes any more She enty-six years old, not a du adult It was tio, she’d vowed to herself and her fa smart decisions

"It’s my friend’s birthday," she told AJ "We’re here to celebrate"

At the thought of Jauilt rose in Brett’s throat In her attempt to conduct a bad-influence cleanse, she’d had no choice but to distance herself from some of the more destructive people in her life, and unfortunately, Jaory

To make matters worse, her friends definitely weren’t on board with her new-and-iroup had arrived at Sin, the girls had been coaxing her to get drunk with the If the roles were reversed, there was no way she’d be dangling carrots of temptation in front of her friends She’d support their choices without question, and it saddened her that they couldn’t do the sah," she added