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Chapter sixty-seven

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After Max left me to my thoughts, I decided I wouldn't want to dwell on how I keep on failing to get to them every time. How my plans keep on just affecting them a little bit and not how I want it to.

Before I could think more about it and drive myself to tears and stood and went to the kitchen. Mrs Rolly was out to get something, which I had forgotten what that was about.

She did say what she was going out to get but I can't remember what that was. It was a time like this when I wish I had a female friend. Max was becoming my friend, he knows everything about him but it will be nice to go shopping and outing with another woman.

Heather wouldn't object. Well I guess I could call her. Going out for just fun will be nice, I've been working way too much.

Baking forgotten, I went up to my room to get my phone. Dialing her number, it rang for a couple of seconds before her voice came on the phone.

“Selena, how are you dear?"

“Hi Heather, I am fine. Things have been great. How are you?" I
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