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“Great, you know I can’t do heels.”
“Oh no, we can’t have another prom night.” She laughs.
“Hey, you should’ve made sure I didn’t drink that night.”
“Girl, you needed to loosen up. I stayed sober, so you didn’t have to.” She places her dress on the hook hanging on the back of the door and sits beside me.
“What time are we meeting with your mom?”
“Noon, Saturday,” I say.
She whips out her phone and starts typing away, then places it down on the desk to charge.
“What’d you just do?” I raise a brow.
“Made sure the town knew the café was closed.”
“Can you go grab me some medicine for my head?” I ask.
“Yeah, want a snack?”
“Got any applesauce?”
“For you, it’s always stacked in the fridge!”
I give a small laugh. “Thanks.”
She walks out of the room. “Be right back!” she says, closing the door slightly behind her.
* * *
“Hailey, wake up,”Scarlett whispers as she shakes my shoulder.
“Shit, when did I fall asleep?” My voice is raspy and groggy.
“You dozed off before I came back upstairs with your snack and medicine.”
“What time is it?” I ask.
“Seven in the evening.” She turns the lamp on. “Here, take your medicine,” she says. I reach for the glass of water in her hand, swallow the water, and give it back.
“I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck.”
“You look like it.” She looks at me with soft eyes.
“I’m gonna take a hot bath,” I say.
She nods and I slowly pick myself up from the bed and grab my phone, taking it with me to her bathroom.
I turn the tub on and pour the muscle-relaxing bubbles in the water and undress, placing my clothes in her hamper.
I step into the tub and sit, allowing the water to flow on my feet while I lie back. Something about the noise of the water filling the tub while I’m in it makes me more relaxed.
Grabbing my phone from the shelf next to the tub, I tap Eric’s name and text him.
Me
Meet me at Sunset Hill Cemetery at noon on Saturday.
