10. Klein
Dom’s reactionwhen I tell him about the harebrained plan disappoints me. I’d needed someone to back me up, to tell me I’m doing the right thing and this will one hundred percent get me that publishing deal. I wanted a hype-man. Instead, he says:
Isn’t this the girl you had a massive crush on in college?
Yes, but that’s been over for a long time.
If you say so. Just seems like playing with fire.
Do you have a better way for me to fix my social media problem?
Problem, or phobia?
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I’ll bet you a hundred bucks I make it through the week with nothing but an expanded waistline from all the food and drink.
And the cake.
You sound like my sister. What’s with this family and cake?
It’s CAKE.
Forget the cake. What do you think about the plan?
There’s nowhere to go but up. Unless you crash and burn. But let’s not think about that.
I tuck my phone in my pocket. It’s a good thing Dom doesn’t live down the street from me like he used to. I’d show up at his door and pop him on the jaw.
It doesn’t matter that I ever liked Paisley, because she has made it clear she is far from my biggest fan.
And now there’s a hundred dollars on the table, plus being able to brag that I knew what I was doing all along.
This is all going to be a piece of cake.
Wedding cake, to be exact.