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I’ve never h I’ve been in bed since Carter walked away Friday night, pretending to be sick, I somehow pulled myself out of my slump today

Asa and all his friends went to the casino It’s about a three-hour drive north and my brother is an hour drive south It’s sad, but I feel like the more distance I put between Asa and myself today, the better I’ll feel The ht before I walk out of my bedroom, I pause in the doorway I reach toit on the dresser I’ll be hoets back, so he won’t notice I didn’t wear it today

But hter

I stop in the kitchen to make rab ice, htens around the door handle My eyes fall to the neords written on the dry erase board

Pickles don’t feel guilty when people yodel, so why aren’t the sheets ever folded on Tuesday?

I have no idea when Carter wrote this, but I knorote it to try and ht He wrote it to try and h

It works, because I’ for the first time in two days when I open the freezer

I fill rab an extra soda for Stephen They don’t let him keep sodas in his room due to his health restrictions, so I always sneak him an extra one on Sundays as a treat With his doctors perrab my purse, my keys and the drinks and start to head for the door when I receive an inco text I wait until I’m at my car to pull my phone out of my purse and read it

Carter: Pick o with you