An angry text from Avril

As you begin working your way through dinner, you receive a dreaded but much-expected text from Avril.

What a shame you didn’t come

Gina was there, and she would have fallen for it, hook, line, and sinker

You should have been here!

You sigh, taking a bite of your broccoli, and type back a message.

Something came up, sorry. Should have told you earlier.

It’s only half a lie, you tell yourself. Sure, Avril will be a little mad, but you’ve dealt with worse before.

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