Chapter Thirty-one

Elaine.

I groaned as I slowly opened my eyes and stared at the wooden ceiling above me. I frowned slightly, not recognizing where I was and I sat up. I rubbed my eyes with a yawn as I remembered what happened last night.

I sighed and rushed a hand through my hair in frustration. I felt exhausted. I felt so drained that going to work wasn't even on my agenda. Luckily, the keys were with Ethan and I trusted that he would take good care of the shop.

Talking about work, I looked around for my phone and found my purse on top of the nightstand. Getting it, I opened it and pulled out my phone before waking up my screen. It was past nine and I had missed my alarm, which was weird because I could swear that I hadn't heard it.

My eyes widened when I found over ten missed calls and texts from my sister. This was followed by even more texts and missed calls from Zack. Completely swiping anything related to Zack off of my screen, I unlocked my phone and began to call Audrey back. She was proba