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Chapter 32
I closed my laptop and let out a breath. I was done with sorting out work emails for today. My remaining plans for today included sleep and eating junk food. Nothing more. It was a near-perfect schedule. It would have been completely perfect if Lila hadn't come knocking at my door.
"Hey" Lila greeted with balloons in her hands.
I stood with my hands crossed against my chest, communicating to her that I wasn't letting her in. She seemed to understand because she nodded.
"These are for you," she said, referring to the balloons.
The balloons were red and five in number. Three of them had the words 'Happy birthday best friend' written on them and the remaining two had 'I am sorry' written on them. All in capital letters.
I closed the door on her face, went to my bedroom to grab a pin then opened the door to face her.
I shoved the pi
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