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Chapter 15
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2024-10-29 19:42:56A blast of cold air wafted into the kitchen as Jamie opened the front door. He had this terrible habit of leaving the door open as he took his shoes and jacket off, going back to close it as an afterthought while the rest of the house shivered.
“You’re letting all the heat out,” Mum shouted from the living room. This was one of Mum’s favourite sayings.
“Sorry,” Jamie shouted back. He rolled his eyes as he joined Alice at the kitchen table. Spotting her cup of tea, he hinted, “Have you just boiled the kettle.”
This, in her house, was code for, “Make me a drink
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Alice stared out of the window, mesmerised by the raindrops that made their way down the glass. Two drops would veer into each other, become one giant blob before splashing to the floor.‘Sort of like people,’ Alice thought. Adam had been on her mind since the incident in his front yard. Seeing him fight—or rather—beat someone up had been eye-opening to say the least. She could tell herself it didn’t matter how he treated other people over and over, but somewhere deep inside herself, Alice knew it mattered.“Wake up,” Joseph said, poking her in the rips. “You need to get that beauty finished today, remember?”
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Joseph sped to Alice’s house as quickly as he could drive without drastically breaking the speed limit. After she never returned, he’d started to worry. Then one of Aleks buddies had mentioned her leaving with him.“Please be home,” Joseph muttered to himself. “I knew I shouldn’t have given you that third drink.”As Joseph got out of the car and half-ran, half-skipped up the path toward Alice’s front door, he caught a glimpse of something moving in the bushes. Stopping, he frowned and parted the shrubbery.“Erm… hello?” Joseph said.
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Jamie plonked the shirt on the counter and coolly told the cashier he wanted to return it.The girl looked at him, swallowed, and muttered, “Erm, you can’t return it if you’ve worn it—”“The stitching is coming undone. I’ve worn it once. It’s shoddy,” Jamie told her. In truth, there was nothing wrong with the stitching aside from the portion he’d unpicked by hand. It hadn’t been easy either; the quality of the garment was, in fact, annoyingly high.The truth was, Jamie had spent the last of his allowance on clothes and left himself short. Now he c
