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95 - BAD FEELING

Penulis: Krystal Key
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CHERYL'S POV

My head felt like it had been split open by a jackhammer.

The ache throbbed behind my eyes, deep and dull, like the pounding of war drums from somewhere far away but getting closer with every beat. I blinked up at the white ceiling, light slicing through the blinds and stabbing my eyeballs like knives. I groaned, burying my face into the pillow and breathing in something vaguely floral. Lavender and… cedar?

Where the hell was I?

It took a second, maybe longer, for the fog to clear, for my brain to start stringing things together like a jigsaw puzzle that had been smashed the night before. The first pieces came with a dull ache in my stomach and the taste of vodka still bitter at the back of my throat.

Anika.

That was the first word that surfaced. Anika, in her ridiculous, flowy dress, laughing like we were best friends from a high school movie. The boutique. The garden-themed restaurant. Her voice echoing with nonsense about living each day like it was her last. The way s
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