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“So, why do you need a roommate?”
She hands me a beer from the fridge. “I don’t need a roommate, I want one. It’s lonely staying here all by myself.”
I take a drink and set the beer down on the granite counter top. “Okay, you arecrazy.”
She laughs. “I don’t go to school, and I only work part-time at a local bar. I get lonely.”
“Why don’t you go to school?”
“I’m trying to get discovered.” She holds out her arms and bats her eyelashes.
“And your parents are cool with you living off their dime?”
She walks around the island and sits down at a stool. “They have a lot of them.” She laughs and shakes her head. “They have money. This was just an apartment for my dad to stay in when he came to town on business, but when I decided to drop out of college and chase this crazy dream, they said I could stay here. They knew I’d come regardless of having a place to stay. At least if I stay here, they know I’m safe.”
I roll my eyes. “Lucky.”
“What’s your story? What are you running away from?”
“I’m in the foster system. I ran away.”
“How old are you?”
“Seventeen, almost eighteen.”
“Are they looking for you?”
“No way. My foster dad is just cashing the checks they send him. By the time they realize I’m not staying there anymore, I’ll be eighteen and no longer the state’s problem.”
She starts peeling the label off her beer bottle. “So, the guy you broke it off with?”
I take a long breath and sit next to her. “He did get discovered. Busted Lip wanted him to go on tour with them, but he wouldn’t go because of me. So, I made the decision for him.”
“Busted Lip? Are you serious? I saw them back in Miami. They’re are awesome, and they wanted your boyfriend?”
I nod. “Yep.”
“Damn, I bet that was a hard decision to make.”
I can’t reply because it was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make.
