Carolina"Longest. Shift. Ever," I groan into my phone's speaker as I slam my apartment door behind me, shucking off the black mini-apron I wear at my job as a waitress.Through the phone, Noah laughs. I kick off my shoes, not bothering to line them up neatly by the doormat, and pad through my small apartment toward the bedroom."You're laughing, but I'm serious. I swear, the customers today were ridiculous. It was like they were conspiring against me.""No, no, I don't mean to make light of your struggles," he says innocently. "Please, tell me more.""We ran out of zucchini, and the truck doesn't come until Thursday, so we had to strike a couple items off the menu. And guess what everyone wanted today?""The zucchini stuff?""Of course," I sigh. "So how were things on your end?"Noah and I make a habit of keeping in touch with each other regularly. I talk to him like this most days. We were close when we grew up together in foster care, and have stayed close since."Oh, you know," he
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