Dollancie:
No, it wasn’t you. It was Shane—we think anyway.
Lucky:
What did he do?
Dollancie:
I’ll explain when you’re home.
Lucky:
No, Dollie. Explain now.
Dollancie:
No, because It’ll take a while, and you won’t even get to read it.
Lucky:
Fair point. The doctor is outside my room. I can hear him talking. Anyway, if you go up to my room and brave the mess, my wallet should be in there somewhere. Take some money, get yourself a boba, and a snack for you and Bubbles.
Dollancie:
No opinions on Shane? Just back on this eating thing.
Lucky:
I have a lot of opinions on Shane, Dollie. And he himself can hear them when I get out of this place. Now, feed your fucking self.
Just do it. For me.
Setting down my phone, I let out the biggest breath, blowing flour across the table.
Placing in the lemon cupcakes, I close the lid on the box of six and set it aside for Nyx, who should be done with work here tomorrow.
Bubbles stares at me from the other side of the table, flour on her twitching nose. Her eyes cross, trying to see it, and I laugh.
“Come here.” I bend to her level, wiping her nose. “I’m sorry, Bubs. I wasn’t loving yesterday.”
Her pretty tail wags with not a care in the world.
“You coming upstairs with me?”
Bubbles jumps straight on Ambrose’s unmade bed, rolling in the scent of him, while the smell of something else makes my nose scrunch.
I shift into his bathroom, a mess of blood and vomit greeting me.
It wouldn’t be fair to leave all this here for him to come home to tomorrow.
With my hair already in its messy top knot, I step over the mess to get to his under-sink cabinet, where I can only imagine how many bottles of bleach are kept.
So, with the bleach, his trash can, and a whole lot of toilet paper, I clean until the floor shines and I’m choking on fumes.
Washing my hands to get rid of the strong chemical smell, I use the fluffiest towel to dry them before stepping back into the bedroom.
Bubbles rolls around on her back, her teeth pulling the sheets with her. I catch sight of the old pizza that she won’t touch and add that, along with the slice from the floor, into the trash.
