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49. A Dose of Happiness
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2025-03-05 02:00:48I woke up to a text message on my phone.
W: What game are you playing, Mr. Penn?
Barking out a laugh, I rubbed my eyes. I decided it could wait until after I had some coffee. Taking a quick shower, getting dressed, and then making myself coffee, I scheduled my day. There weren’t any classes today so I was free to go to the museum. It also seemed like a good day to message Ava. Any later and it would only be worse.
It was seven in the morning, which was far too early to get ahold of her so I opted for an early museum day and then at lunch I could reach out to Ava. We could set up something later in the evening and depending on how mad she would be, we could go to dinner. That might lessen the blow if I paid for it. Especially if it was her favorite place downtown.
I let out a heavy sigh. It was still
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