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“I apologize,” I say, gesturing towards the screen “I have been listening I think the enta ell in that spot”

“That was three slides ago!” Robiye gets up fro to the ground behind hi it under his aro find a gallery that will respect my time You can consider our relationship severed!”

And with those words, before I even have the chance to get up out of , he storms his way out of my office and onto the street

I know I should care, but I just can’t bringand shrill, and melodra right now, the thing that means I can’t keep a sht

And now I know her na, for someone so sweet

I think about tonight, and I know I’ onafter Robiye and apologizing I’ll let him stew on it, maybe calm down a little I reach for the phone and dial the number of a restaurant don instead

Tonight is going to be a – I have to make sure of that

Chapter Nine

Candy

I barely knohat to wear for a date, but thankfully I have Alex onme to try on all the clothes that fit fro in mine, and a near-torturous process that involves the careful tidying of my eyebrows and application of an eye makeup tutorial she found online, I think I’m ready

In the end, I settled on a sleek black dress – one of hers – that flatters htly

“Holy crap,” Alex said when she saw s off me like a sack But on you…”

“Is it too much?” I questioned