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30.
Juliet Ferguson
It’s 19:30, Gio is said to arrive at 20:00 with Vincent.
I can’t be around people.
I’m not ready.
I don’t know if I can trust them.
What if they come back?
What if
“Julie,”
I turn around from the window and find Monica rocking a sleeping AJ in her arms.
“You don’t have to join the party if you’re not ready, Gio and everyone else will understand.”
That’s why she’s my best friend.
“It’s okay Nica, I’ll be okay and maybe this is what I need, a good time with the people I love,”
She gives me a sympathetic smile, “Alright, if you think it’ll be good for you.”
I nod, “It will, don’t worry about me.”
She lays him down on Vincent’s bed and covers him with his blue blanket and kisses his cheek.
“Now let’s get ready,” she says as she pulls me to out of the room.
“Where are we going?” I ask, as I’m pulled down the stairs.
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