Chapter 5

Tori POV

The sun sneaks in the room through the crack in the blinds and lands right on my face. I must remember to fix those things, this is annoying. Just then, my alarm clock goes off and I shift my eyes to stare at it. It read 7:01. I held the button one number too long and was too lazy to change it. Oh well. My radio comes on and plays a loud, crazy rock tune meant to get my mind awake and make me get up. Slowly, I roll over and smack the snooze button and drop my arm on the end table. It’s way too early to get up. It’s my day off and here I am awake. Even better, I have a splitting headache.

Groaning, I throw the covers off and push myself to a sitting position. I check my phone for the daily weather and see I have a text message. Sighing, I scroll to open it and see it’s from Tammy.

‘Can we talk sometime today? Maybe after your lunch with your dad? Tell him Hi by the way’

I think about that for a second before replying. Usually, she’s