ELI'S POV I wore a grey suit to dinner. Drea picked it out, technically, she appeared at my apartment forty minutes before I needed to leave, assessed my open wardrobe with the expression of someone defusing something, and pulled the grey suit from the back where I keep the things I wear when I need to feel like armor."Good choice," I said."I made the choice," she said. "You were standing there in a towel looking at your shoes."This was accurate.She straightened my collar, stepped back, looked at me the way she does when she's checking something that isn't about the clothes. "You okay?""I'm fine.""You've said four words since I got here.""I'm conserving."She handed me my keys. "He's going to be there and it's going to be terrible and you're going to be completely composed and it's going to cost you something. Just — know that I know that."I took the keys. "I'll be fine, Drea.""I know you will," she said. "I just wanted to say it."*******************The house was Sienna's,
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