JASMINE
On Monday, after temple, I was once again working the late shift at the café. Reena had opened, so she left as soon as I walked in at ten o’clock. Just Valerie and I were working together, which was a relief. After everything that happened this past weekend, I was not ready to face Lucy yet.
“So, major hangover on Saturday?” Valerie eyed me suspiciously when I walked in.
“Yeah, major. I was out all night celebrating my birthday on Friday night.”
“If you were Lucy, I’d maybe believe you. But even Lucy’s never called out hungover before.”
“There’s a first time for everything!” I shrugged.
“Hmm, ok. I’m going to pretend to believe you since you’ve never called out before and you’re one of my best employees. But don’t let it happen again.”
After doing some cleaning, I pulled out my textbook to get some reading in before the lunch rush. But I found that I had trouble concentrating, rereading the same words over and over again. After a while, I closed my textbook, giving up.
