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Chapter 5

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When I get home from Club Candy, there's no sign of Tiff anywhere. All the lights are off, her car is gone, and the front gate is closed. I guess she actually left for her parents house on time.

I park my car in the driveway, after waiting for the automatic gate to open. I grab my purse and head for the door. I stop when I see our frontyard, it  looks like hell. We need to cut our grass, water the flowers, and trim the bushes. Maybe we should have hired that gardener after all. Too bad we didn’t, now I'll have to do it. Who am I kidding, it’s not like I have anything better to do anyways. I really need to get out more.

There is a white piece of paper on the doormat. I pick it up and it’s wet. Tiff forgot to turn off the fucking sprinklers before she left. It takes me a while to open the paper but when I do, I see that it’s a note from Tiffany.

"Cass,

I wanted to hang out with you tonight and say goodbye but you kinda freaked on me after work. I left you couple messages and texted you way too many times and you still didn’t respond. I wish you would stop turning off your phone, it’s annoying. Anyways, I don't know what's got you so worked up but hopefully you'll have calmed down by the time I get back. By the way, I made some food and put it in the fridge for you.

Just so you know, Chris and I won't have any cell reception at my parents house so you’ll have to call their house phone if you need us. I left their number on the fridge. I hope this note is good enough for you until we get back. Oh, I almost forgot. I left the computer in my room so you can use it while I'm gone, I didn't need it after all. I'll miss you and I'm pretty sure my brother will too. I'll make sure he doesn't hit on any girls while we're gone. I love you, Cass. Have a good week!

-Tiff"

Man I hope Chris tells her about our break up so I don't have to. We agreed we would tell her weeks ago but we never did. We've been broken up for over a month now and we still haven't told her. She's under the assumption that we're still together. I mean we're still friends, we were friends first and we agreed we'd still be friends if it ended. And we're still close, we didn't end on terrible terms. I guess he wasn’t feeling it anymore. I don't know but it's too cold for me to be standing out here thinking about it.

I open the door and go inside. I put my keys on the hook, next to the door, and walk to the kitchen. I'm too hungry to make my own food right now so I'll just eat the food that Tiff made for me. I really hope she didn’t poison it, I know she's pissed at me.

After I finish eating the lasagna, to which she attached a note that read, "I didn't poison your lasagna, I thought about it though. Refraining from killing you doesn't mean that I'm not angry with you, Cassie Anne Collins!", I put the note on the counter so I can do the dishes.

As I turn on the faucet to rinse off the plate the lasagna was on, I see that there's another note attached to the bottom of it. How did I not notice it?

"Since I made you food, you get to do the dishes. And I'm not mad at you, well maybe a little but I will not hold a grudge. However, you will use the suds. Get it? It's a dishwashing joke. Okay... I'm going to be late if I keep writing you notes. Bye, Cass. This was the last one. :P" She’s definitely still terrible at making jokes. She’s also still a terrible liar, I know I'll find another one somewhere; she likes to point out things when she's upset.

Placing the third note on top of the pile of the rest, I finish up the dishes and make my way to my bedroom. Just as I thought, there’s a piece of paper taped to my door. Tiff is too crazy for me sometimes. I take the paper and set it on the semi-clean part of my desk, I can read it later.