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I stepped outside and walked the length of the street, keeping a keen eye out for a celebrity sighting, until the grass-lined walking path ended There I settled on an empty bench and let the sun warm my skin The day wasoutside comfortably

I decided to call Alli I s she picked up

"Hello?" she answered, her voice hoarse

"Are you okay? You sound sick"

"I’ with?" I asked, suddenly concerned

"I ith Heath"

"Oh"

"What can I say? He parties like a rockstar" She let out a weak laugh

"On a Thursday night? When do you start work?"

"Monday, and you can stop worrying now We’re just having fun Plus I’ connections for us"

"Okay" Though what great connection partied all night on a Thursday?

"So how are things with you?"

"Pretty good The new aparth, I’m so jealous The apart for closets"

"If it makes you feel any better, I could end up on one of those hoarder shows in a few months I invited Sid to cohed "Oh shit Okay, I’m not jealous anymore At least I won’t have to share reed

"What’s neith Blake?"

I told her about the housing situation, which didn’t surprise her as ht it would Maybe Heath had already clued her in to Blake’s over-controlling tendencies Thankfully she didn’t grill hter just that, because I was still trying to figure it outto coet settled We’ll see how things go with Max I should be able to visit after that"

Alli filledin the city that we’d go to eventually In the middle of our conversation, Blake beeped in I promised to call her later and answered Blake’s call

"Hey, the site went offline a few o"

My stoone down before, which obviously wasn’t good, but I needed everything to be perfect forme if the site went down"

"Why?"

"Erica, can we focus on the issue at hand?" He soundedit wasabout "Can you put Sid on?"

I didn’t like being pushed to the side, but this was not ht now, but I can be home in a few minutes"

"Give me his number, I’ll call him"