Chapter 6

Delilah

"Lilah, what are you doing here so early?" Tamara asks once she opens the front door.

"Where do I start?" I walk past her into the house.

"Maybe you can start by explaining why you are wearing a dinner dress so early in the morning."

"I spent the night out." I sink into one of the couches in her living room.

"You spent the night out! Oh my God, it's been so long. I have to ask, with whom?" Tamara asks, getting more excited by the minute. I didn't date much after Beau, so it is no surprise that Tamara is eager to hear about a date.

"Beau."

"You had sex with Beau?" Tamara asks, wide-eyed.

"Of course not; I just spent the night over at his place."

"How did that happen?"

"I don't know, but I guess he was called to the restaurant after I passed out."

"You passed out at a restaurant?"

"Yeah," I say, staring at Tamara's TV screen.

"Why are you looking at the TV? It's switched