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Chapter Four - Shana
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2025-09-17 22:53:19As he goes toward the door, I make my way out of the bed and hurry to the bathroom, my mind filling with scenes and more questions. After closing the door, I take a deep breath and turn on the light. Even through squinty eyes, the reflection in the mirror isn’t nearly as bad as I expected. My blonde hair is a wavy mess, and my blue eyes have a bit of red, but it isn’t anything that can’t be fixed with a brush and a few eye drops. I quickly splash water on my face and reach for a toothbrush.
As my fingers graze Trevor’s toothbrush, I decide that no matter what happened last night, I don’t know him well enough to share oral hygiene utensils. Instead, I squeeze a dollop of toothpaste on my finger and make quick work of removing the tiny fuzzy sweaters that someone knit during the night and currently fit tightly around each tooth.
Don’t let anyone fool you. Fireball is not your friend.
After another minute or two, I decide that just maybe I’ll be able to pull off this maid-of-honor show. It’s then that I notice my phone on the counter. It’s turned off, and I pray it has some battery remaining. The charger is hopefully back in my room.
After a few seconds of pushing the power button, with a chime the screen comes to life. I swipe it and am met with multiple indicators of voicemails and text messages. Looking first at the text messages, I see that they’re all from Kimbra. The first one asks if I made it to my room safely, followed by separate question marks, followed by the next one.
“TELL ME YOU’RE WITH SOME HANDSOME MAN, OR I’M COMING TO FIND YOU.”
Next: “SHANA! I NEED MY BEAUTY SLEEP. GIVE ME A THUMBS UP—ANYTHING.”
Text number six: “THE HOTEL WON’T TELL ME SHIT. GRANDMA HELEN CALLED, AND ALL THEY TOLD HER WAS THAT YOU WERE CHECKED IN. WE KNOW THAT. AT LEAST IT WAS MORE INFO. I THINK SHE SCARED THEM. LOL.”
Lastly: “I’M STILL WORRIED. CALL ME BACK, OR GRANDMA AND I ARE COMING TO LOOK FOR YOU. IT’S NOT A SLUMBER PARTY YOU WANT.”
I check the current time—7:40 in the morning. Since it’s not even eight, and Kimbra was texting until after midnight, I decide to text back instead of calling.
My fingers hover over the keyboard. “SORRY I DIDN’T CALL OR TEXT. I WAS BUSY MAKING OUT WITH YOUR FUTURE BROTHER-IN-LAW.” ...Backspace and erase…
Starting over: “DO YOU REMEMBER THAT TIME IN NEW YORK WITH THE FIREBALL? YEAH, NEITHER DO I. I ALSO DON’T REMEMBER LAST NIGHT IN INDIANAPOLIS.” (Smiley face emoji)
I contemplate hitting send.
Backspace…erase...one more try...
“HEY, BABE. SORRY. I CRASHED LAST NIGHT WITH MY RINGER OFF. I’M ALIVE AND WELL. CAN’T WAIT FOR THE WEDDING. THE YOU, ME, AND GRANDMA HELEN SLUMBER PARTY WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER TIME. YOU KNOW I LOVE YOUR GRANDMA! LET’S GET TODAY’S PARTY STARTED. YOU’RE GOING TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BRIDE.”
Seconds after hitting send, my phone chirps: KIMBRA flashes on the screen.
“BITCH. YOU HAD ME SCARED TO DEATH. GRANDMA AND I WERE GOING TO DRIVE BACK TO THE CITY, BUT SHE WAS WINNING AT POKER AND KEPT SAYING ONE MORE HAND. (Laughing emoji) DUNCAN EVEN TEXTED HIS BROTHER, ASKING IF HE’D SEEN YOU. HIS BROTHER IS STAYING AT THE SAME HOTEL. INTRODUCE YOURSELF IF YOU SEE HIM. HE LOOKS LIKE DUNCAN, BUT NOT AS SEXY, WITH BLOND HAIR AND WELL, NEVERMIND. YOU’LL MEET HIM AT THE WEDDING. DON’T FORGET HAIR AND MAKEUP AT NOON. SEE YOU THEN. LOVE YOU.”
I shake my head. Only Kimbra would start her text by calling me a bitch and end it with “love you.” I think for a second about her description of Trevor. I could call her and tell her that she’s completely wrong about him, but that would give away my uncomfortable situation. Maybe before giving anything away, I should learn more about last night.
“Shana?” Trevor’s voice calls from the other side of the door.
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