09: Sad and Startled
Marlene had to asses the situation. Was this really the end for her? The end of her perfect deceit that she had maintained for nearly a year straight?
She was Marlene, the best older sister that let her sister have things she only dreamed of having in high school, the therapist best friend that had her s**t together so she could hold everyone together and stitch up whoever needs, not Marlene who has been depressed and moping over a dead cheating boyfriend and using her body and pleasure to escape how she feels because she refuses to be a drunk or eat her way out of it.
"Don't touch that!" She started before grabbing the box from Reed.
"These don't belong to me. Lara gave them to me to keep temporarily. Don't even ask me why because I was not allowed to ask why
