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He’s not even here

Instead, Yas she’s just gotten off work

I know Scorcher's will have Last Call at 3:30 ahts on and close at 4 a the people out of the VIP Roo as 4:30 a out of the club probably takes Yasuys, she’ll probably get breakfast, which will take her to 7:30 am And then she must have taken a cab over here

I’ed by 7:30 am nowadays too, so it must have worked out perfectly

What?

If you’re wondering, yes, I’ve become an early rise ever since I walked away fro at Simulated Pleasures

I think it has to do with the fact that I’ fucked At least that’s what Arsen would say if he were here And I’d scowl at him and he would smirk at me

Stop it!

“You’re thinking about yourat the entrance to ly modest clothes—skinny jeans and a tank top with a fur lined jacket She’s got her Louis Vuitton bag, and her gold hoop earrings, but that’s the only level of ostentatiousness that she’s displaying today She could be a typical New Yorker from below 14th Street with that outfit I back up and let her into the apart on the floor and stretches out on the couch

“Here,” she says, pulling an envelope out of her bra and handing it to ive this to you Says you won't take his calls, that you’ve blocked his nu you”

It’s true I’ve blocked all aspect of Arsen fro me The rational part of my brain says I did it to not have to deal with someone who deceivedme it’s because I wanted hih my friends to reach me

I take the letter and againstit It’s only a few lines, scrawled in the confident, collected hand of Arsen Hawke

“He gave it to Gerard last night to give tooff her boots “Told hih school, passing notes along in recess, but you kno guys get”

I’ it

And it takes everything I have to not cry