The aspirin was useless. Not because it didn't function anymore, but because Vanessa found that she didn't need it after all. Her migraines died out after her talk with Jake and they did not return. When she woke in the morning, she grabbed her phone to see if Jake had texted her, while half-praying he hadn't texted her. But there was no message from an unknown number. She frowned, a little disappointed, and she did not understand why she felt disappointed. She sighed, dropped her phone and rolled out of bed. Vanessa worked in a cosmetics store as an attendant, which was ironic because she knew little about cosmetics and she never wore make up. She only knew all she needed to know, in order to make sales, which was just the last price of each product and their basic selling points. She got to the store, cleaned the tiled floors, turned the 'open' sign on the glass door, and went behind the counter to wait for customers. But none came. And Vanessa just sat there with her chin