Page 66 of See Me

She rolls her eyes. “Bossy isn’t one of the seven dwarfs.”

I blow a long breath out of my nose and close my eyes. “Neither is envy or lust.”

“What are those?”

“The Seven Deadly Sins.”

She narrows her eyes. “I don’t think that’s right.”

I push the bottle toward her and drop it in front of her when she doesn’t take it. “Ella, the medicine.”

She picks the bottle up and tries to read the back label. “What’s in this?”

I mumble, “Hopefully something that will knock you out.”

She glares at me through the mess of hair hanging in her face. “What?”

I wince. “I said hopefully something that will knock this fever out.”

“Oh. Yeah.” She goes back to reading the label. “How much should I take?”

“Just,” I mock chugging the bottle, “take a big swill.”

“Tuesday!” She drops the bottle and scoops up the cat sitting next to her. “Hi.” She picks her up and holds her up over her head and tumbles backward, her head smacking the headboard. Tuesday scrambles away and Ella puts her hands on the sides of her head. “Whoa, I’m a little dizzy.”

I snatch the bottle of medicine and pull off the cap. I put an arm behind her back and lift her to a semi-seated position. “Here, drink some of this.” She drinks from the bottle and I layher back down, pulling up the tangled sheet to lay over her. “You should try to get some sleep.”

Her eyes close and she curls into a ball and snuggles the pillow. “Where did you get Tuesday?”

I walk toward the door and hit the light switch. “I found her outside roaming around the dumpster.”

“On a Tuesday, I assume?”

“No, not on a Tuesday.”

Her eyes pop open and she rolls over to look at me. “You make zero sense, you know that?”

I shake my head. “Whatever you say, Snow White.”

She sits straight up in bed. “See? That makes no sense.” She fists her hair and pulls it up. “I don’t even have black hair.”

“Ella, we just talked about…”Nope, don’t engage. “You should get some sleep.”

She huffs and lays back mumbling something aboutconfusing son of a biscuitand did she say thec word?

This needs more thanThe Price is Right.

TWENTY

PERVERT WEEDS

And what arethe stages of cell division? Anyone?

Yes, you in the back.

Timothy.

TIMothy

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