The Coat

Josey lay in the living room late into the night. Her sister had come home and needed to study for a test, so Josey gave her the bedroom, figuring she couldn’t fall asleep and Emily would end up passed out with her nose in a book.

The coat thing was still bothering her, so she checked the time and decided it wasn’t too late to text Jared.

“Thank you, but you don’t need to buy me something so expensive. The coat is beautiful, but I could never afford to pay you back, so please swing by and pick it up when you can.”

Before she could set her phone down, it chimed with a response.

“?? Sorry, what coat?”

Josey sat up and decided to call him.

When he answered, she quickly said, “The coat you left on my doorstep, Jared, it’s too much. You don’t need to buy something as an apology. There isn’t anything to apologize for.” Even though he had been weird lately, she didn’t think an apology gift was necessary.

“Sorry, but I didn’t buy you a coat. I had stopped by to bring flowers as an apo