Tessa had rushed to her room first to splash some water on her face so she would not come out looking all red.
She stared at herself in the mirror, ‘damn Eric Carson’ she thought. He knew exactly the words he had to say to make her red in the face, and the truth is most of them were not far from her thinking. She groaned and poured some more water then she counted to ten and released her breath, before comporting herself to go back downstairs.
Tessa walked into the kitchen and met the table already set with everyone there, including Eric!
“How had he gotten here so fast, I literally just left him almost naked a minute ago in his room”, she wondered to herself and mentally shrugged.
“We have been waiting for you”, Audrey told her as she pulled out a chair at the table and sat down.
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