I crashed on Zoe's couch for three days.For those three days, I did nothing. While she was at work, I stayed curled up on the couch, watching TV.On the fourth morning, right before work, Zoe tossed a key into my lap."I asked around. There's a one-bedroom open downstairs. The landlady's nice. Want to check it out?"I rolled over, staring at the key in my hand.Zoe crouched beside the couch, suddenly serious."Sarah, you're not hiding from Henry. You're hiding from yourself. You still need a place. You still need to work. Your life still has to keep moving. Henry's not worth a damn. He doesn't get to keep you stuck on my couch forever."I closed my hand around the key."Okay."The apartment was on the seventh floor.No elevator.South-facing.Around four hundred square feet. One bedroom, a living room, and a tiny balcony.Sunlight poured through the balcony doors, warming the scuffed wood floor.Mrs. Harper, the landlady, was in her sixties, with gray hair and bright eye
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