Backup Plan
The whiskey is smooth on the way down, and I take another drink, wanting it to dull the ringing in my head, reminding me that my choices have led to hurting Chloe in the past…and how they’re going to again.
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“I think we’ve been replaced,” Archer says, looking over his shoulder at Quinn and Chloe, who are walking down the sidewalk with their arms linked, laughing hysterically at something one of them said. We had dessert and another round of drinks before leaving the restaurant, and we talked and laughed the whole time.
“It looks like we have.”
We come to a stop at the street’s edge and Chloe and Quinn crack up at something again.
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