Supposedly people were taking too long in the showers at The Coterie.
Mariana hadn't taken hers last night and she'd be late to Speckulate if she had to wait to get a shower there.
Callie told her she could just take a shower here.
Mariana was killing me with her selection of music on Alexa.
I knew it was getting to her too.
"A hundred and five is the number that comes to my head
When I think of all the years I wanna be with you
Wake up every morning with you in my bed
That's precisely what I plan to do
And you know one of these days when I get my money right
Buy you everything and show you all the finer things in life
We'll forever be in love, so there ain't no need to rush
But one day I won't be able to ask you loud enough
I'll say, "Will you marry me?"
I swear that I will mean it
I'll say, "Will you marry me?"
Singing
Ooh whoa ooh oh
Ooh whoa ooh oh
Ooh whoa ooh oh
Oh, yeah
How many girls in the world can make me feel like this?
Baby I don't ever plan to find out
The more I look, the more I find the reasons why
You're the love of my life
You know one of these days when I get my money right
Buy you everything and show you all the finer things in life
We'll forever be in love, so there ain't no need to rush
But one day I won't be able to ask you loud enough
I'll say, "Will you marry me?"
I swear that I will mean it
I'll say, "Will you marry me?"
And if I lost everything
In my heart it means nothing
'Cause I have you,
Girl, I have you
To get right down on bended knee
Nothing else would ever be better, better
That day when...
I'll say, "Will you marry me?"
I swear that I will mean it
I'll say, "Will you marry me?"
I'll say, "Will you marry me?"
(I'll get down on one knee)
I swear that I will mean it
I'll say, "Will you marry me?"
Got me singing
Ooh whoa ooh oh
Got me singing
Ooh whoa ooh oh
Ooh whoa ooh oh
Would you marry me, baby?
Ooh whoa ooh oh
Ooh whoa ooh oh
Ooh whoa ooh oh
A hundred and five is the number that comes to my head
When I think of all the years I wanna be with you
Wake up every morning with you in my bed
That's precisely what I plan to do, yeah."
"Will you stop with the love songs?!" Callie yelled, opening the door a little bit.
"Would you prefer I play breakup songs?! Given I found out my boyfriend is cheating on me!"
"That's fair." She responded, shutting the door.
I had gotten Callie a ring a few days ago.
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I knew if we got through this case successfully, she's the one for me.
She'd compromise her morals for me more than she already is.
"Sorry about Mariana. I just don't want her to be late."
"Neither do I."
"Well, aren't you sweet?"
We kissed.
Mariana came out of the bathroom, dressed.
"Um... I forgot my brush."
"You can use mine. It's on the shelf in there."
"Thanks, Cal."
"Of course."
She went back in there.
"I'm always borrowing things of hers."
All three of us walked out of the apartment, having to leave at the same time.
I locked the door behind us.
We all drove off in opposite directions.
Rita
Michelle and me were sitting with Angel.
"I don't think you understand how lucky you are that it was Callie who found you and not some Cop, Angel." I told her.
"Yeah." Michelle agreed.
"Because Callie can sympathize with you. She did the same things you're doing. But she realized right here is where she belonged. And Keira? They're still good friends. She comes here occasionally to share her story with everybody."
"You cannot run away."
"Because most people don't offer second chances. You don't get another chance. Is that understood?"
