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Lora

I kick my feet up on the couch and stare atback to Lofthouse Manor is staring at o for a run, do a little workout, shower, then stare at my phone

It’s a hard life I know, I know

But I’ I can feel it I saw it happen in my older sister Delia when she moved home last year And now it’sbeneath my feet

This ti pops up

Dean Ashanza (with beer and trucks and a fire, of course)

I open up the event invite and feel nearly overwhelia I haven’t spoken with or seen a lot of these people in years I still reh, the way he’d lean toward y hair in his eyes, his handsome, square jaw perfect, and whisper some dirty joke in my ear

Nothing likedirty, he used to say And I loved it, I loved that he treated me just like anyone else

Even if my family owns the toe live in

So I hit yes I don’t knohy I accept the invitation and throw my phone onto the couch across from mine I stare at it like it’s a radioactive spider or so, and I’ve just let it bite me

I have no business going to that party I should be out looking for a job or at least figuring out what I want to do with ured out, or at least they’re really good at faking it

Proble at all And that freedo

But poor irl doesn’t knohat she wants out of life Don’t worry, I don’t feel sorry for me, either

I think that’s why I decide to go to the party for real I’ve been wasting all this tis about their lives, and pretending like my own life is on hold Myaround thein trouble, but it’s time to stop It’s time to move on