She balanced the grocery bag on her hip as she slid the cherry key into the lock. Finally. Home. Eight hours of job bidding, bickering, and part chasing had worn her to the bone. She smiled as the little brown dog leaped to greet her...
The groceries tumbled onto the stained, worn carpet. Her exhaustion beat out frustration as she kicked the expensive heels to the side.
"AH! Hi there my little buddy! I missed you, too!"
The little dog lept with joy of his keeper's return...Not unlike any other day. She scooped him into her arms, kissing his cold, black nose as she stroked his soft, floppy ears..
"I'm so happy to see you, too!"
"But what about me?"
She jumped. No one lived in this apartment, but herself and the "boys", as she lovingly called them. But, alas, there he sat in an obviously uncomfortable position. His knees and back straight, his bottom glued to the edge of the sofa...
She knelt to retrieve the mushrooms, onions, and chicken that had caught the eye of her ferret. She never once glanced up. To see is to believe. She didn't want to see. Those four words flooded her brain and grabbed at her heart like a fist. She knew...It was him. The only person it could have ever been. The last and first person she ever wanted it to be.
"What are you doing here?" The tremors in her voice betrayed her cool exterior, but he knew. He always knew.
"Technically, the apartment is mine, Charisma...I let you live here. My name is the ONLY name on this lease..."
"SHUT UP. I've been here for 6 months, paying every bill, feeding YOUR ferret, and not a word from you. I don't need to hear it. Everyone knows who lives here and everyone knows you...
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