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Chapter 6“Hello?” My eyes flew open and I smiled. “Uh, yeah... is this Gayle?” “Speaking.” “Hi, this is, uh, Jessica... Jess... I dunno if you remem-” “Oh, yeah,” she chuckled, cutting me off. “Right. Yeah, I remember. Of course. Jess, sure. How could I forget? So did you get the, uh... note I gave to Rachel? I didn’t know, if you...” “Yeah. Uh huh. Yep. I got it,” I replied happily, holding up the slip of paper to no one in particular. I felt nervous. My toes and fingers felt numb and my throat was dry. “Oh, ok. Great,” she replied. “So, um, it’s just a little dinner party. Nothing fancy. I was just thinking, uh, hey, why not send you an invite, too, ya know?” I was staring down at the note in my hand, staring at the smiley face she’d drawn, which caused me to smile in kind. “Ye