Chloe arrived unannounced at the jewelry shop, moments before Tara’s shift was supposed to end at 9 pm.
“Hey, are you done yet?” She asked.
Tara held her forefinger up in the air in the worldwide one-minute sign, thankful that her manager wasn’t there at the moment, just like he hadn’t been when Antonio had showed up.
“I desperately need to get wasted,” her friend told her once Tara’s work hours came to an end and they were outside the jewelry shop.
Tara understood her best friend's need to get some booze into her system. Daniel had been her boyfriend for a long time, even though they were used to taking breaks from time to time - when s**t hit the fan as Chloe put it.
Tara hoped it was one of those breaks again, but she had never seen her best friend so affected by a mere break.
