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Rae

I tossed the door open to Clint’s apartht the s tape could ever make me smile, but it did I looked at the towers of brown cardboard stacked in the corners For once, I could finally see the carpet of this place I closed the door behind me and moved into the kitchen in search of a snack And when the smell of lemon alcohol filled my nostrils, I smiled

We were only two days away fro

“All right Let’s see what the fridge has for me,” I murmured

I opened the door and sighed There wasn’t erator door on a daily basis, nothing seee No fun snacks appeared My favorite soda had still run out There was still leftover chili froealed e disposal

“Don’t mind if I do,” I whispered

I slipped the container out and carried it over to the sink I held my breath as I popped the top open Yet, somehow, that still didn’t shield me from the smell

“Oh, man,” I wheezed

I flipped on the hot water and washed it down the garbage disposal I turned it on and reached for the soap, squeezing the green apple goodness into the disposal with it I watched bubbles fill the sink Both sides of it, actually And as the bubbles started disappearing, I let out the breath I had been holding

“Wow Okay Mail time,” I breathed

I took et the mail I needed soly in the crook ofsoain I hung h the endless envelopes of junk, spam, and random bank statements

Ugh I have to call theain

I slipped out a couple of flyers thatHow rates for loans were the lowest they’d been in well over a decade And the sentiments made me smile I knew all about that kind of stuff The loans The percentages The kinds of ho for

Then I came across an envelope I’d need

“You’re going up on the fridge,” I murmured

I walked into the kitchen and tacked the envelope onto the front of the refrigerator with acopies of all the papere had signed in order to make our purchase official And I needed to make sure I kept track of these docu cabinet to put it in, so the fridge door was the next best thing

I’ll get a filing cabinet once we get moved

My phone vibrated against my hip and I set the rest of the mail down It was junk, anyway Needed to be tossed with the rest of the trash bags full of stuff we had strewn around this place I slid my phone out and sot chills on the nape of my neck I answered the phone and put it to my ear My body readied itself for his voice

For the soothing, wonderful voice that had gotten er

“Well, hi there”