JULIA

I wish I had just followed my guts!

“Hey, Julia, could you please come with me for a party?,” Hemp had asked me that day.

“A party? What kind?,” I asked, surprised that she had made such request of me. Sje had never asked me to go anywhere with her, so I was wondering why she had suddenly proposed the idea of a party with her.

“It's just a party, my friend.”

I hesitated as I stared at my phone, Hemp's voice still resonating in ny ears. I knew I should say no. Going out at night without Phil by my side was just something I wasn't comfortable with....