Scarlett POV
By the time I got home I was so exhausted I barely made it to the bedroom before collapsing onto the bed.
I didn’t even remember falling asleep.
A few hours later someone started pounding on the front door.
I groaned into my pillow.
There was only one person besides me who could walk into my house without needing an invitation.
Delaney.
I couldn’t snap at my best friend just because she’d woken me up, so I swallowed the irritation and dragged myself out of bed.
“Delaney, what do you want?”
A beat of silence. Then her voice came through the door.
“I’ve been knocking for several minutes. I heard something happened to you and I couldn’t get you on the phone. I came to check.”
How had Delaney even heard I’d been in trouble? I shuffled over and unlocked the door.
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