Chapter 6: A Brush with DeathA week later, my time with Shenoah and Jason had come to an end. Shenoah took a day to drive me to Chicago and spent the night with me, Sarah, and Lillian. Travel always made me super tired, so I passed out by ten o’clock. I took the couch, and the other three stayed up laughing until the early morning.
The next day, Shenoah left early in the morning to try and beat the traffic. Sarah and I were sitting at the table having a late breakfast. Lillian had already gone to work.
“So, Shenoah says you’re in denial about breaking up with your boyfriend.”
I cleared my throat. “No. She’s super incorrect. I’m still processing through everything, but I know it happened.”
“Oh. Okay.”
Sarah didn’t believe me for a second. I tried to press the point. “No, seriously. Lik
