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His sether, right? They reat surprise That happens from time to time”

She heard his words, but they still ether the perfect plan to reconnect with her old college friends, she’d worked with a travel agent to organize it down to the smallest detail She had very specifically not booked a party cruise She was not the kind of person who booked a party cruise If anyone, that was her little sister’s thing In fact, she was pretty sure Marley went on one last year

She shook her head “There’s been a mistake”

“Kendall”

She turned to look at Grace Her friend didn’t look like she was seconds fro up in her chest Grace’s dark eyes narrowed and she took Kendall’s shoulders “Breathe”

“I a”

“You’re two seconds fro out”

She wasn’t wrong Kendall closed her eyes and concentrated on breathing Without the sight of the orgy-in-waiting, she could alht cruise Alet off this boat”

“Kendall, that’s impossible”

She opened her eyes “Nothing’s iht people”

Grace sighed “Let’s walk through it logically Even if we could get to the others in time and convince them to leave the ship, our trip is paid for We’ve all taken this exact block of ti that makes sense is to continue the vacation as planned”

As planned Two little words to underscore how thoroughly she’d messed up Kendall wrapped her ar in her chest “I’m sorry I’m so sorry The whole trip is ruined”

“The trip hasn’t even started yet,” Grace’s wry tone snapped her out of it

What was she thinking? This couldn’t possibly be worse than any other disaster she’d successfully navigated She just needed to find the right angle and drag the rest of the with her Yes, she couldn’t have possibly anticipated a party cruise in place of the nice sedate one planned, but she hadn’t anticipated that her boss would run off with the front desk er last year, either She’d handled that crisis, and she’d handle this one too

Simple

This tiht”