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Me: How’s the day going?

She just can’t figure out I’m checking on Val, or she’ll tease me relentlessly.

Callie: Fabulous! Val just dumped a bowl of soup in a customer’s lap!

Me: What the fuck for? What did he do to her? Whose ass do I need to kick?

Livid, I’m ready to pound this unknown motherfucker into the ground.

Callie: He grabbed her ass.

Callie: I’ve never seen her so mad before. What’d you do to piss her off?

Me: Why do you blame me?

How the hell could I have pissed her off already? I haven’t even seen her yet today.

Callie: She came in pissed. Has hardly said three words to anyone she doesn’t have to speak to, and she’s been on the verge of tears all day.

Alarmed, my first instinct is to go to her. Demand to know what’s on her mind and why she’s so upset. Callie’s next words stop me.

Callie: I wonder if she got in a fight with her sisters. That’s usually the only thing to get her so worked up.

Calmed but no less worried, I have the feeling Callie is right.

Callie: BTW if you wanted to check on her, you could have just asked.

Me: How’d you guess?

Callie: Because you hate texting.

She’s not wrong. I prefer face-to-face conversations or a phone call. Too many things can be left to chance with a text message. There’s no indication of inflection or intent in a cold message unless you’re using those stupid emoticons, which I hate.

Me: Fine. Does this happen often?

Callie: Nope.

She doesn’t text again after that, and I’m left to spend the rest of the afternoon wondering what the fuck to do and how to make things right for my girl.

CHAPTER7

Valentine

Iwent home last night feeling like I was on cloud nine. The stars in my path were aligning, and they brought me Roman. They showed me a life I never dared to dream about. I’ve always kept my secret desires to myself, never sharing with a soul what I truly wanted my life to look like. I’ve just gone through the motions of existing for years. Caring for Summer and Bunny has always been a priority.

After spending the evening with Roman and having our desires match perfectly, maybe too perfectly, I couldn’t wait to share what I could now see for myself with my sisters. Summer and Bunny were cautious but supportive like I knew they would be.

It was too late to call my other sisters, so I sent a group message telling them that I’d found my soulmate and was moving in with Roman over the next few days.

Summer and Bunny, of course, expressed their excitement for me.

Winter, my oldest sister, told me I was an idiot for relying on a man.

Christmas, the second oldest, informed me I was making a mistake.

And Trixie, the third in line, just cursed and asked what the hell I was thinking but ultimately said, it’s my life. Which, in her mode of speaking, that means she’ll kill him if he breaks my heart.

Autumn, our middle sister, hasn’t answered yet, and that worries me because she has been out of touch for months, and nobody can get ahold of her.

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