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"LET'S GET MARRIED"

Author: Mmeso
last update Last Updated: 2024-05-29 11:27:49

Karen felt a hand tap her. She squinted her eyes open shielding it from the sun rays filtering in through the opened window. She felt a pounding headache as if she had been smacked on the head several times the previous night.

Lily towered over her with a scowl.

“What happened?” Karen asked, forcing herself to sit up.

Lily shook her head with a scoff. “Do you even know how you got home last night? You were more than wasted.”

Wasted?

The memories flooded in. Just as Tina promised, once she had gotten off work they had gone for another round of drinks. She vaguely remembered chugging down the drink as if it were her last day on earth.

The thought of it made her head ache more.

“Anyways, are you not going to work? You will be late if you continue sleeping. I'm off to school.”

“Did you eat breakfast?” Karen called to Lily's retreating figure.

“I'm not hungry!”

The door closed and silence returned to the room.

Karen sighed ready to get out of bed but recalling her previous day mista
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