How was I going to survive today?I reluctantly said "Yes, I understand." Good! Now here's what you're going to do before I pick you up. Obviouslyyou'l... need to shave your entire body again this morning and make sureyour ass is baby smooth since it will be on display all day for everyoneto see. If you took off you fake fingernails from yesterday put them backon and I also want you to paint your toenails a matching shade of pink." Lucy continued "I left some glue for your breast forms in your. ” Obviously my cousin was none the wiser because he was carrying on with Danny as they rolled into the store. “How’d the trip go?” I asked, avoiding making eye contact, closing up the cooler and stepping over to a box of random lurers that needed sorting and hung with the inventory along the wall.“They were mostly just out for a ride on a boat. It happens.” The pair of them leaned up against the counter next to each other. “When you closing up?” Tripp asked me.“Aren’t you the boss?” I finally. It wasn't until her last class on Friday when Annalez, while walking through the hallway in school, had bumped into her classmate, who had been out of school on a leave of absence for the past four days.The girl walked up to Annalez, accompanied with a young Chinese girl, who stood beside her.Her classmate then pulled Annalez off to the side where they couldn't be heard talking, and ask if she had any luck finding a man.Annalez, who couldn't keep it a secret, smiled back at her and in a low. I told her I'd explain more fully when we next met. Proving herself to be the friend I knew her to be, she offered to cancel a trip to the theatre that night to come around and keep me company. I explained that I was feeling a lot better than expected and there was no need to cancel her night out. She was dubious about my answer but agreed that she and Sam would be round tomorrow evening.The next hour was spent soaking in a very hot bath, with my landline unplugged and my mobile switched off..