Tiffany showed u

ies, their scent cloying and funereal. She

er voice dripping with false sweetness.

en his mother sent them for my birthday, and I ended up in the emergency room. Tiff

ready starting to feel tigh

. "Oh, don't be s

The pollen hit me like a physical blow. I gasped, stumbling backward, my lungs

r voice a cruel mockery of co

out, the front door

or air, and Tiffany standing over me with the f

l is going on

to his side. "I just brought the flowers you sent, and

of disgust. "Bullying the innocent intern n

to my wheezing breaths. He just wrapped his arm aro

y. I'll deal wi

ing on the floor beside me

h Quarter Pawn Shop. All Conten

oms. The locket. T

re

was ashes. A strangled sound, something between a laugh