Chapter 10: Distressed Genes

Of course, Valerie caught her, and Jamie thought she was doing so good at hiding it too. She didn’t even need to see the other’s disappointed face because Jamie was disappointed in herself enough for the both of them.

Two and a half weeks in, having hidden about half the pills, Valerie had gotten up to get her a dose since she was ‘obviously’ in pain and shaken one of the bottles to only realize the pain medication was gone.

And Jamie, being dumb like a stump, emptied out only one bottle instead of emptying both part way.

She blamed the pain while Valerie just called her a dumb*ss. Neither of them was wrong, at least.

Thankfully, it was the ibuprofen Jamie had emptied and not the stronger drugs. That would not have been a fun conversation to have.