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“The End Times.”
“Of course he did.” I stride down the rows of chairs and computers.
“Where are you going?”
“To get Patrick.”
“Our P.R. Guy?” McCarthy scrunches his nose. “Why?”
I check my watch. “We should inform the nation. The President.”
“The President?”
“You heard me.”
McCarthy scrambles to keep up with my stride. “And tell him what?”
“That we need to be prepared.” I stop at the door. Meet McCarthy’s eyes. “For anything.”
1
SHANEL
I open the door to my apartment.
The room is dark and empty.
Just like my life.
I drag myself inside and flop into the couch, smothering the scream that wants to tear out of my throat into the nearest pillow.
Today was… a lot.
First, I got fired from my job at the Roly Poly Moley.
Which… to be honest…
It’s not a huge loss. Skating around in a tacky pink uniform for crappy pay was not where I imagined I’d be at twenty-four. Leaving that job behind was long overdue.
Know what else is over-due?
My tuition.
My rent.
My student loans.
It was a crappy job.
Minimum wage.
But it was mine.
I was good at it. And then it was gone.
Upset as I was after getting fired, I called my boyfriend. We met up at his place.
I fell into his arms.
