Chapter 32

Ginger

It's almost time for my first outing with Daniel. It's six o'clock in the evening and I should be heading out the door. I put on a white shirt that Stella insisted would look good on me and the earrings my mother gave me when I turned twenty. Stella is waiting outside with Maria while I look at myself in the mirror one last time. I've tried to dress up a little more than usual. I don't know why she asked me to go out, and I don't know how to describe this outing. I highly doubt it's a date, but something inside me tells me to think that it could easily be one. I don't hesitate, it's almost evening and going to a restaurant for dinner should mean something.

The day of the pool party was a disaster. Everyone was in a bad mood. I found out that Daniel was the masked man I slept with at the party, and I drank until I was tired. I felt like a part of me had been stolen and that my attempt to hook up with someone had gone wrong. In reality, it did go wr