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Four: I deserve to be in a loving, trusting relationship

Five: The pain will go away—eventually…

Sitting up straight, I repeated the rabbed el and padded out to the bathroom

Zoe’s door swung open Nick strode out with a towel around his waist

“Not today!” I ducked into the bathroom and closed and locked the door

“Coot class”

“Maybe take a shower at your own place,” I called out and put my stuff down

“But you’ve got kick-ass water pressure”

I let out a huff of laughter Leave it to Nick to break through the stor over my head with a bout of his ridiculousness

My reflection wasn’t doing me any favors in the self-estees under ht as rain But I’d promised Avery and Max I’d come in today Obviously, that had been before the birthday disaster fro myself out of bed

Showered and doingunder hanging ghosts, puhts Some people just couldn’t hold off

“There she is,” Avery called out the second I walked in “What’s wrong?” She put down her rolling pin and walked over toonto my shoulder

I wouldn’t burst into tears I would not I refused

The brave face I’d clung onto on the way over was shattered in a second as I grabbed onto her and buried my face in her chest

Everything ca out once the door to her office clicked shut