209 I Only Have One

Wednesday — December 19

Angela had barely forced herself to wash up in the bathroom as she was so exhausted last night when she came home—she never liked sleeping without showering first. When she was done, she passed out on her bed the moment she dove in.

The next morning, she woke up at half past seven with her alarm clock ringing off. She lazily grabbed her phone to check her messages, and she had some from her brother, Nina, and Gael.

[ Oliver: The van will pick up the boxes @ 11:30. See you later, Anj. Proud of you. ]

Angela quickly tapped a thank you reply and then opened Nina's.

[ Antonina: I'm such a bad friend. :( Please don't hate me. See you at the gym at 8:30? ]

She didn't quite understand what her best friend meant with her first sentence, but she knew Nina would tell her later when they meet. After a long day yesterday, she honestly wanted to stretch her muscles, so she replied: