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“Fine,” my sister growled. “How you are not five hundred pounds I will never know.”
“It’s called a high metabolism. Not my fault you got Dad’s.”
“And his enormous feet,” Devlyn grumbled.
I smirked at that.
Devlyn did have big feet.
Size ten to be exact, to my size six.
My sister may have gotten all the boys, but I got the pretty shoes.
A whole closet full of them.
Chapter Three
Henley
Three days later...
“You’ve got what?!” I shouted, banging on my sister’s front door with two fists.
I didn’t give a fuck if she had Ebola.
She needed to get her ass back to work.
Pounding harder, I shouted, “DEVLYN!”
My cellphone ringing stopped me as I connected the call.
“If you don’t stop hitting my door, I will beat your ass.”
“You can’t. You’re quarantined!” I screamed, causing a few of my sister’s neighbors to gawk and stare.
Like I gave a shit.
Stupid, nosey neighbors.
“Look, Sis, I don’t care what you have. Wear a fucking hazmat suit. I don’t give a shit. I’ve been so damn tired I haven’t been able to read online. I’m losing money. You need to get your ass back to work!”
“Henley, it’s only for two weeks. You’ve already worked three of those days. Eleven more should be a snap.”
“Not if I’m in jail for snapping your neck. You said a few days. Few means three, and definitely not fourteen.”
“I’m sorry. Claudia ordered me to quarantine for two weeks. I can’t leave my house until then.”
“It’s the fucking flu, Devlyn. Wear a damn mask and go back to work. That place is fucking nuts, and don’t even get me started on that fucktard mayor or his bitch of a wife. That woman had me pick up her dry-cleaning yesterday. I don’t work for her!”
“Fuck,” my sister coughed.
Waiting patiently for her to catch her breath, she muttered, “Valerie is a bitch. Plain and simple. Tell the cunt to fuck off. I do all the time.”
“I’m not you, Devlyn!” I seethed.
“I know, Henley.” She sighed. “And I’m really sorry. I’ll make it up to you. I promise. Can’t you read on the weekends until I’m better? I’ll help cover the cost of your bills. I know this is a big imposition, but I can’t lose this job. I just can’t.”
Fuck.
