Chapter 19: Consequences
Sam woke up on the first day of the new year with a splitting headache, and the overwhelming realization of the trouble she had gotten herself into. She stretched, achy from sleeping on the floor, and looked for Valerie. The person next to her was not Valerie, but Michelle, who smiled at her sleepily when she felt Sam move.
Valerie was making her way through the maze of sleeping bodies to where Sam sat trying to gather her wits about her.
“Happy New Year, baby girl,” Valerie whispered. Sam didn’t know what to say. Michelle rolled over and put an arm around the sleeping Charlie.
“I guess I need to get back,” Sam ventured. “Barry was really upset. Am I remembering right that you talked to him, too?”
“Yeah, I talked to the bastard. He was making you cry.”
“I jus
