Page 79 of Hello Doctor

Liv: You’re not my boss.

Liv: I’m off the clock.

Liv: boss.

Liv: haha.

I blinked, hard, and dialed my brother Hayes’s number. When he answered, I swore I heard a woman in the background.

“Did you seriously answer the phone while you’re having sex?”

A giggle sounded on the line.

Gross.

“Hayes, I need you to come watch Maya. Now.”

“Give me a minute. I’ll be there.”

I rolled my eyes toward the ceiling, ignoring the pings of additional texts coming through my phone. “Get here soon.”

I hung up and looked at my screen to check the million texts Liv had sent.

Liv: The cool thing about dresses is that you can pull them up when you go to the bathroom. That’s kind of fun.

Liv: Fletcher, why aren’t you texting me BACK?

Liv: Ugh. I’m out of toilet paper.

Liv: Don’t worry. The girl next to me got some.

Liv: That was a close one.

Fletcher: Wash your hands.

Liv: Gah, you’re such a doctor.

Fletcher: I am a doctor.

Liv: Going to dance.

Fletcher: NO. STAY IN THE BATHROOM.

She sent me an emoji of a plant.

Liv: Shit. Wrong one.

Then she sent me an emoji with its tongue sticking out.

“God damnit, Liv,” I muttered to myself. I pressed call, holding the phone to my ear as it rang. She didn’t answer.

Liv: Don’t call me.

I called her again.

This time, she answered.

“Fletcher,” she said over sound of a toilet flushing. “What do I owe is the pleasure?”

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