Page 80 of Broken by my Bully

After we’d finished our assignment, we went downstairs and joined the rest of her sorority for dinner. It was some of the best low-fat, zero-carb, vegetarian shit I’ve ever tasted.

I was pretty drunk by then, of course, so maybe my taste buds had shut down. I fended off attempted efforts at pouring more booze down my throat, but Melissa had another two cocktails with her sorority sisters.

Her roommate was asleep by the time Melissa announced I’d be spending the night, because I was way too drunk to walk back to my car and she was too drunk to drive, and Agony Hollow’s one and only Uber driver apparently wasn’t cute enough to drive me anywhere.

My new friend is strangely protective when she’s drunk.

And strangely, kind of fun.

I barely thought about Kai or my shitty life at all.

This sofa is the most comfortable thing I’ve slept on inyears.Fuckingyears.I groan at another sharp ache in my bladder. I’ve been holding it in for a few hours already. What’s another?—

There’s another chime from my phone.

Melissa growls like a feral cat. “Haven!”

Panicking, I kick off the blanket and hurry down the hall, squinting at the doors I pass.

One of them is standing open far enough for me to see toilet stalls inside, which is weird, but not something I question as I slip inside one to go pee.

Oh thank fuck.

No better feeling in the world than emptying an overfull bladder. Once the flow gets going,of course.

My phone chimes again, and my eyes jerk back open.

Did I pass out?

I giggle at myself. Did I really have that much to drink?

Waaait.

Am I…drunk?

That’s a first.

I close the lid and turn to flush, hurriedly sitting down on the closed lid as the world takes a slow spin around me.

Good God, Iamdrunk.

I pull my phone out of my pocket and open my call log. Three missed calls from an unknown number.

At 2:51 AM.

At 3:09 AM.

At 3:22 AM.

Who the fuck?—

My phone lights up with a phone call. I juggle it, nearly drop it. My finger slides toward the end-call button, but I hesitate.

Could be an emergency.

The police.

The hospital.