It was past tea time when Evelyn paid the taxi driver and stepped out onto the pavement gingerly.
She’d woken up at lunchtime in Brendan's spare bedroom with a massive headache. Sleeping over was the last thing she’d wanted to do, but after sharing the pizza and alcohol while binging on her favourite television shows, she had realised how lonely she was in Roman’s house. She missed just being free and stupid with her friends. At Roman’s, she always felt like she had to be careful because everything there was so expensive.
Maybe it was good that Roman laughed off her declaration of love. She didn’t fit in his world at all.
She dug her keys out of her bag as she walked to the door. Her mother would probably be making her dad comfortable in bed, so she didn’t want to disturb her to buzz
