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100|Put A Ring On It
Eden had just returned from the breakroom with a steaming cup of tea—her last for the day—ready to wind down for the afternoon when her office phone rang.
After listening for a moment or two at the voice on the other end of the line, she placed the phone back on its stand.
She took several shaky breaths to calm herself before she dashed out of her office.
Their meeting was bound to happen at some point; she didn't expect it to be so soon, though.
How could she possibly look at Liam now when she couldn't even remember a large part of Friday night?
She knew she had drunk-called him at some point during her alcohol-fueled binge. A quick check of her call records, while she sipped on Brenda's hangover cure sometime after midday on Saturday, had confirmed that much.
As she weaved through the hallways, Eden tried yet again to access what seemed to be her permanently deleted memories. But the only things her foggy mind came up with were Aleks
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