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Wrapped in her bathrobe, her favorite bunny slippers keeping her feet cozy, Bethany stared blankly at her coffeemaker. How did the thing work again? There was water involved, and button-pushing. A loud noise. Right, a loud noise. Maybe this wasn’t the right moment for a loud noise.
She looked at the numbers blinking on the digital clock readout. Apparently she’d spent most of the day in bed. Good thing she had today off. She often spent her off days catching up on sleep, so that was nothing unusual.
“Nate wants to come over and check on you, is that okay?” Gretel propped herself against the doorframe, one leg bent in a triangle, foot resting on the opposite knee. The iridescent purple of her leggings made Bethany’s eyeballs hurt.
Did she want to see Nate? Last night was a blur, but
