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I miss you Is that weird? I mean, I know it’s kinda weird since we didn’t really even know each other, but I do I ht with you Don’t worry, I’s are so different now My parents divorced That’s why I had to leave so fast It’s only been six uess I’s Whatever that means? Truthfully, I just hope they’re nice

I don’t even knohy I’ to send this But I guess all I want to knoill you co , and where life seemed so easy

Penelope xoxo

“You have got to be kidding me” The police barricade was the last straw First, Penelope’s Uber driver said his car suddenly died, when she’d seen hinition Then the cab driver drove stupidly slo this It took an hour to get to the Denver airport froone by now It started to feel like she was being sabotaged

With a huff, she got out of the car, thankfully in her winter boots, jeans, and long winter coat “Is there a proble in front of the barricade

He wore a unifor black winter hat that she’d seen Darryl in before

“I’m sorry to report there’s an accident up ahead Road is closed”

Okay, so , and now she felt terrible in case soht?”

“Oh, yeah, all good,” another office said striding up “There’s a horse loose up there, and we gotta catch him”

Maybe she wasn’t overacting at all! Penelope crossed her arainst the snowy road “Really? There’s a car accident and a loose horse?”

The cops gave each other a long look, then the one on the right shrugged at her “That’s right”

“Forget this” Oh, yeah, it beca in favors to catch up with her on the road Why? To voice how she disappointed hiht? Or maybe that her drunkenness had cost him his promotion? She knew she

The last thing she wanted to do was make matters worse She already felt like shit about it all And all she wanted right noas to hop on that plane, get as far away from everyone as possible, and then hide under her blanket at the hotel until she had to join the cruise for training

No one had helped her get to where she was That wasn’t going to change today She headed back for the cab “Can you open the trunk?” she asked the cab driver after he rolled down the

“Ah, yeah, sure,” the young guy said