Auden’s Blessing
Silver allows three guests, gold allows ten.
Shi’a flopped onto the sofa. “Still almost two months away… we’ll worry about it later.”
Not exaggerating, this invitation was like a ticking time bomb for her. It wasn’t that she truly disliked Blue—she just didn’t want to face the fact that she had lost her most important job. But since the invitation had arrived, I had a feeling that Blue’s birthday would hold a surprise.
Fifteen minutes later, I went downstairs to take out the trash and checked the mailbox. Inside were two advertisements, a letter from an old friend in Watterheim, a rent reminder, and a new work order. That was all.