The Cottage
Emily stepped off the bus onto a dusty road in the middle of the night near South Mountain. It was a rough neighborhood and the driver asked her if she would be alright before opening the door and watching her walk down the lane with purpose. She didn't bother to look as he shook his head, driving away to finish his route for the night. A car started at the end of the block behind her and started slowly creeping closer. When it pulled up alongside her, she stopped and ginned as her best friend in the world rolled down the back window and stuck her head out. "Going my way gorgeous?" she asked, waggling her eyebrows suggestively before scooting back, so Emily could get in. Before the door even closed, they erupted in giggles. "Now, now, settle down girls," Amy's mother, Michiel, said from
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