I Feel Bad For Them Both

Elle supposed Cherry had a point. Friends. She had made two on this trip even though she would have to say goodbye to one afterward without him ever knowing they would never be saying hello again.

At least she would be able to keep one. Goodness knows she needed more positive human interaction in her life since most of her interactions involved being yelled at to do things.

That had been her life for the past thirteen years but not for much longer. She was so close! She just had to endure a little bit longer and she would never have to deal with that again. Once she was free, she was never going to take crap from ANYONE.

Elle smiled at her friend. "You're right."

"You can never have too many friends," Cherry said wisely. "It's nice being able to have people you can turn to in a pinch or randomly go get lunch with. I can treat you sometime if I'm ever in your part of town or don't have anything else going on. I'm always down for lunch dates!"