Same night, three years ago

Amely

Amely came back from her run and tossed the towel she'd used to wipe her neck on the ground. Mila blinked up at her from the couch.

"Aren't you going to take a shower?" she asked, but Amely started pacing the room.

She couldn't hear her. All her words were a numb background noise as she kept replaying the events of the day. Derek had forced her to go on a date with Eric, but Eric couldn't grab her attention at all. Even if Jared hadn't been in the pastry shop, Eric was still a boring caricature that presented no interest to her at...