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Brett:Maybe I made a mistake.

I rolled my eyes.

Me:No, Brett, you didn’t. You’re right. I’ve done a huge injustice to you keeping that info to myself. I’m a treacherous liar and I don’t deserve you.

I wondered if he believed me.

Whatever, it would make him happy if he did.

Truth was, I hadn’t necessarily lied to him about my past. I just didn’t find it relevant to bring up my sexual history, and it wasn’t like I asked. If Mel hadn’t accidentally spilled the beans a few days ago about Carter and me when he was around, I never would have known the guy had massive insecurities. That sort of manly complex was not attractive, at all.

Brett:It’s such a shame. I’ve just never met a girl with a fifty-inch television and fabulous as fuck speaker system. It made gaming so wicked.

What the actual fuck?

Me:Take care, Brett.

Three

Leah

“Leah.”

Nudge.

Nudge.

Was she seriously waking me up at this ungodly hour?

“Leah, wake up!”

I opened my eyes slowly, exhaustion plaguing me as I glared at her.

“Christ, Mel!” I hissed, tempted to shove her off the bed.

Until I saw her face.

Immediately, I sat up, recognizing the no-bullshit look on her. Her eyes were wide and frightful. She didn’t look like her normal giddy self, and I felt my heart plummet.

“What?” I whispered.

With trembling lips, she put a hand over mine and her eyes glistened. “It’s Carter. They… they say the jet he’s on is missing. It… it never landed.”

I couldn’t hear anything out of her mouth after that.

There was nothing but silence all around me.

This couldn’t be right. She wasn’t real. It was just another nightmare. How many of those had I had in the past few years?

“Leah,” she said loudly, shattering the peace. “Are you hearing me?”

“How long?” I forced out. “How long has it been missing?”

“The plane was meant to land thirty minutes ago. They’ve just aired it now. It’s made breaking news. There’s been no communication from the jet either.”

“What are they saying could have happened?”

She looked at me with exasperation. “I don’t know, Leah, that’s why you have to come and watch with me! Right now!”

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