Chapter 7
ARIA let herself into her house, rubbing her temples to ward off the headache that had started the moment she walked into the deli. She had never been very good at lying, and the stress of keeping her smile and laughing at jokes had worn on her over the last hour.
She found her phone where she had accidentally left it sitting on the kitchen counter. She checked it and saw some missed calls. While she put on the kettle for tea, she accessed her messages, annoyed with herself for forgetting it in the first place.
"Aria, this is Henry. You haven't called in two weeks. Call me back tonight, or I'll call you at five tomorrow morning." Aria grinned, knowing he probably would call her that early. She deleted the message as she moved into the bedroom and started unbuttoning her blouse
