I Gave Away the Birthday Chocolates, Then the Screaming Started

all the air had been yanked out of her lungs. Then the line went dead.

I stood in my bathroom with the phone in my hand and stared at my own reflection like it might explain what was happening.

Ten seconds later, my phone rang again.

Melissa.

“Please,” she said, crying so hard her words warped. “Please tell me you are joking. Please say you ate some.”

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