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funeral home. Who the hell does that? I’m fuming, as I read the note.
The game isn’t over yet. This won’t last between you. I’ve made it my goal to separate you. Just wait.
    Shit. I don’t need any more stress. I already feel like a rubber band ready to snap. I start pacing back and forth, but Kayla stops me with her hand, grasping my shoulder. She spins me around to look at her. She must think that I’ve lost my mind. “What the hell are you mumbling about? What’s on that note, Eve?”
     “Bridgette. God, I hate her. She keeps leaving these little snarky notes on my car.” I hand Kayla the note. Her cheeks redden, as she reads it.
     “Are you sure this is from her?”
     “Who else would leave a note threatening my relationship with Theron?”
     “I don’t know. Maybe it was his dad. He seems devious enough to do it.” 
     “I thought about that, but he’s running a business. If he’s going to destroy us or me for that matter, it’s not going to be by a pink note stuck to my windshield. It has to be her. She was the only one that was here tonight.”
     “Okay. Yeah, that makes sense. What I don’t understand is why leave the notes?”
     “I don’t know. Maybe she thinks if she can scare me enough, I’ll leave. She’s wrong, you know. I won’t leave him again. I can’t. I tried and every day I felt like I was dying inside. I don’t want to feel that empty again.” I lean against the hood of my car, burying my face in my hands. I try to hold back the tears, but a few sneak down my cheeks.
     “Ssh. It’s alright. I’ll go with you so you can give the note to Theron and see what he thinks, okay?” 
     I’m shaking my head back and forth before she even finishes her thought. “What? No, that’s not an option. Have you lost your mind? He’s been through so much, he’s already broken, and you want to try and tip the scales by giving him a note that may or may not be from his ex-fiancé? No. Nope. Not happening.”
     “You can’t keep this from him. What if it’s not from her? What if it’s from someone else? Have you even thought of that?”
     “Yes, I have. I’ll tell him eventually, if they keep happening, but for right now he doesn’t need the added stress.”
     “God, you are so stubborn.” 
     “The same goes for you! I’m not giving him the damn notes.”
     “Fine. If you need me, I’ll be inside.” Kayla spins on her heels, stomping back to the front doors. I watch her blonde curls sway back and forth until she disappears through the doorway.
     Theron is holding my hand in his, as we say goodbye to the last of the guests. Tomorrow is the funeral. It’s going to take so much out of him. I look around for Evan, but I can’t find him. “Babe, where’s Evan?”
     “He left a little bit ago. He’s going to stay at his sister’s place tonight. I think staying at the house is too much for him. I don’t blame him. It’s almost too much for me.”
     I have no words to offer him, so I gently stroke my fingers up and down his arm. I give Theron a few minutes alone with his gram. The other rooms are now dark and locked. The hair on my neck stands on end and I shiver. Funeral homes are incredibly creepy in the dark. The doors open and I watch Theron walk towards me. He looks exhausted. His eyes are swollen and puffy, with dark circles under them. He looks so defeated. The drive home is short, but quiet. The thought of telling him about the notes enters my mind a couple of times, but I push it back. It’s not something we need to deal with right now.

I ’m sitting on the edge of Theron’s bed watching him pace back and forth in his flannel pajama pants that hang so perfectly on his hips. I’m enjoying my view, but I swear he’s going to wear a hole in the carpet.
     “I don’t understand what the issue is. It has been three days. Surely, he has had enough time to go over the contract. He’s intentionally doing this just to piss me off!”
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