Chapter 17
Audrey
"She's right through here."
The nurse pulled aside the curtain and let Tina and I through. Exchanging glances, we stepped into Avis's small hospital room- the scent of antiseptic mixed with fresh flowers from a vase on the side table overwhelming us.
"You guys came." Avis grinned at us from the hospital bed, her blonde head sporting a clean white bandage where she had hit it.
Tina and I surged forward, each of us hugging Avis from one side. When we pulled away, I practically had tears in my eyes. Tina pushed her red hair out of her face and beamed down at Avis, "Tina told me you were okay," I said,
id, "but I had to see fo
see for myself"
Avis giggled and tucked a stray blonde curl behind her ear. "The doctor said it was just a mild concussion," she said, reaching up to touch the bandage covering her temple. "Did you h
have to get stitches?" Tina asked as she leaned closer to get a better look.
Avis nodded and let out a huff. "Yeah. They said it might leave a bit of a scar on my eyebrow."
Tima and I exchanged angry glances, and I felt my chest clench. Reaching out to give Avis's hand a squeeze, I said, "I'm sorry that happened. It's my
"Your fault" Avis narrowed her eyes at me. "How!"
I swallowed and shrugged. "I was useless. I should have tried harder to get away from them, to="
her hand dismissively. "I haven't regretted
was no containing the laugh that escaped me at those words. Without thinking, I leaned forward again and
ear.
her phone at us, "I
and I asked almost in
the princess is poor now, just like the rest of us." She paused then, her eyes widening slightly as she scrolled through
are facing disbandment." My eyes turned into saucers as I slowly lifted my gaze to look at my friends. "Does this
the fashion show after all. Perhaps she truly had become the exact
produce a worthwhile garment to
her life.
heads around- such a loud sound for such a small girl. Her
the back of her
time
hallway with a
of his apartment earlier that morning, but had taken the liberty of
I didn't want to see him, not after spending the night in his apartment,
That would be ideal.
door and reached for the handle, a
"Excuse me,"
toward me. She was tall and curvaceous, with dark brunette hair
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into Professor Brooke's office?" she
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