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Pushing back my chair, I stand and slip on my jacket and slide ot to push past this ennui Maybe a change of scenery would help Tuscany is always nice this ti radical, like propose to Portia She’d place no demands on my time or er fucking, it ical step

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Holly

Holy moly It’s cold in here

I stare at myself in the bathroom mirror, or rather, I stare at the dark circles under my eyes It had taken ht thanks to the unfas It’s odd to think I’d have trouble sleeping when my previous bed literally rattled every ti owls and randoht’ve started with the bath after I’d discovered what an i that’s complete crap The faucet (why are there two?) had barely spluttered out four inches of water before running cold

Most uncomfortable bath ever!

Bad enough that there isn’t a shohich willthe hot water And the daylight hasn’t i seem to be on the fritz, but the place hasn’t seen a lick of paint since the 1980s Chintz I can cope with—I just need some heat!

After pulling onshould need, I inhale a breakfast of coffee and toast, et h the next few days Then I pull a chunky knit sweater overon my pristine white Kate Spade sneakers Casual but stylish, I decide Whatever the dress code usually is, I’m sure this will do for now It’s a little after 1030 in theI shouldas no one has called yet to take me to her

Pulling the blue (paint-peeled) door closed behind ht, resting in a leaf shaped out of glass Sliding it and my phone into my back pockets, I set off at a purposeful pace because decisive is a good look, even on so

Gravel crunches underfoot as I es, each of them a little tidier and ho with bloouests a elcon points back the way I came that reads NO ENTRY

Out in the open, the hills in the distance are the kind of vibrant green that has to be seen to be believed Froreen velvet, though darker in the valleys and alrey lacy blanket of cloud enveloping their summits