I sat in the bathroom for a few minutes waiting for the red in my eyes to go away. I remembered all the notifications on my phone earlier, so I took it out and decided to go through it. First were the many messages from Robert, and I had to smile at some of them. He was a good friend. Next was a message from Madge asking me if we were still on for Friday. s**t, I’d forgotten all about it. Today was Friday, and I sent her a text back. Sorry, I’ve been sick, but how about we meet for a drink at The Lounge, meet me in front though I couldn’t blow her off again, and I was already here. We could have a drink and go elsewhere, maybe Alissa would even come. There were three messages from Antonio. I stared at it a moment before opening it, remembering him asking me if I had gotten his tex

