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“A hug, Dorian? You do care!” My ar us both to the floor

“Stop?”

I shook my head

“Great You better not puke inme a new one”

“Puked Check So, all good” I gave her a big grin, and she rolled her eyes in response

The er came up and explained to Dorian that et it Then he helped get ainst the , closed ainst my face

“Just so you know, I told Mo”

I opened one eye as I looked over at her “Why?”

“Because I thought that was better than saying their daughter was a lush, who got wasted in the middle of the day”

“You shouldn’t frown Makes your wrinkles stand out”

“Excuse me?”

I sat up, covering my mouth quickly as a wave of nausea hit Dorianpassed Still, she waited in the strip- lot for a few minutes to be sure

“Why’d you lie?” I asked through a yawn

“What are you talking about?”

“About where I hy’d you lie?” Sleep threatened to overtake me at any moment