As they ate, the silence grew more awkward; Carolyn tried desperately to rid her mind of the images filling it while Jacob tried to understand what wa... happening. Sure, today was his eighteenth birthday, so he was legally an adult; but he knew that didn't mean he should physically change, especially so drastically, overnight. And then there was his mom, who was acting very strange. And finally, those brief thoughts just as he entered the kitchen. "It's like I turned eighteen and the world. Beep,beep, beep. All three women looked at me and screamed, “Shut it off.” ButI have to pick her up in the morning to get her car, I promise after we get hercar I will shut the phone off I yelled. The text read she was going to sleepand asked if I could pick her up at 5am to get Brian’s car because he wasn’tfeeling well and wanted to sleep in. I replied, see you then. I let out a big yawn and said I’m skipping dinner and going to bed. I’ll be up in 4 hours to pick Desiree up and take her to. She went online and ordered three crates of the Sustasure smoothies to be delivered to her house. The vanilla flavor was on special so she ordered all vanilla. It all tasted the same to her anyway. It was convenient. When she was at work she would go to the cafeteria for lunch and force down some manner of real food but when she went home she just drank a Sustasure for dinner and another for breakfast. It was way easier than actually thinking about food. Micah’s emails thinned out when he. ’ He had lied to her, she was sure of it. She’d made the first move, maybe it had been too sudden…she’d been too forward. He was too shy to accept her invitation. He was such a sweet guy…cute in his own way…but so shy and introverted. She wouldn’t have any trouble scalping the ticket. *** ‘Well, it was pretty cool having an actual crew to help break down and move our stuff. I wasn’t looking forward to the five of us doing it.’ ‘The promoter said they’d help us move it all back after our set,.