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She answered straight away “Did you just wake up?” She sounded as awful as I felt

“No, I oken up by a visit fro”

“Scott, as in the guy froht? The one who you met at the vet?”

“Yeah, him He came to offer me a job, but I said no I don’t think I want to work in a strip club Do you think I should have accepted it? We do need the money -”

“Stop second guessing yourself And no, Harlow, I can’t see you working in a strip club We’ve known each other for what, six months now? You’ve become my best friend, and I need to tell you that it’s ti to etting the café back on its feet now, so you should stop settling for any old job and go for what you want”

“I’m your best friend?” A warm sensation settled in my tummy

“Yeah, you are,” she replied, and I could hear the affection in her voice

“You’re irl”

“Oh o steady, dude”

I laughed, but got serious when I said, “Cass, I haven’t had a best friend for a long time now Not since Dale cheated on me with Anna He stole my best friend from me”

“No, they stole each other from you She was just as much to blame as him, that bitch Actually, I think what she did to you orse Best friends don’t sleep with each other’s boyfriends First rule of best friend club”

“What’s the second rule?” I teased her

She was straight on it though “Second rule is, if you hate soot your back You need me, you call me I don’t care what time of day it is I live by that quote, it’s the friends you can call at four am that matter”

“I think I love you evenbetter too”

“Well, you just reet that I’m a jealous bitch too”