Chapter 5
Ashley
I sit in our usual coffee shop, my nails tapping on the ceramic mug nervously. It’s 7 pm and Jess isn’t here yet. There’s late. There’s fashionably late. And then, there’s Jess.
She was the one who suggested we get together. “Girl, we need some girl-time today. I so wanna hear about your first day at work. When Ryan’s not around, obviously. How about 6, when you get off from work?”
So much for the much-needed girl-time. For being ten minutes late once, she’d ripped me so many new ones I curled up in a corner in shame. But I’m supposed to wait patiently, because I’m - Ash. Our relationship has become more of a one-way street. I don’t think she even noticed I’ve been in desperate need for a job. At least not until I went by her place last night, asking to borrow a suitab
