Chapter 16

Filling each other in on our various lives while we were apart constituted a major part of me and Amy’s friendship. Even though we had talked about that particular issue on the phone, we would still talk about it when we saw each other face-to-face. That explained why with pursed lips, I suspended my wet hands in the air above the sink as I listened to her with keen interest. She had barged into the house and woken me up from the sofa where I was sleeping with a book in my hands. I had fallen asleep while reading a dark romance novel.

“Girl, he’s so dirty… ” She trailed off, shaking her head. “I just couldn’t cope.” She enunciated. She had spoken to me about his poor hygiene over the phone but I thought it was manageable but apparently, regardless of how much Amy liked him, she couldn’t cope.

My hands were beginning to ache so I let them rest on the sink covered with ladder before speaking. “You know you are a neat freak, are you sure you’re not exaggerating?”

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