Chapter Seventy-Two: Too Late

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    Shit.

    She woke, her face pressed down against wood.

    Against her floor.

    God, how much did she drink? Everything hurt, her head pounded, and as she glanced at the time, she found it was nearly nine. She was late, late for work, by an hour.

    Shit.

Even worse, she had showed Noah up. She knew how that felt, and the guilt was overwhelming. Nothing seemed to compare. He was probably waiting, waiting for her to show, until he had to give up and go to work. She felt more than terrible, she felt disgusting. She had been reckless and ended up violating their agreement. Their most basic rule. The only one they hadn't broken. Well, now she had.

"Shit!"

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