The little bit of alcohol in my body had helped me sleep longer than I attended to. When I pried my eyes open the next day, the sun was higher in the sky than I intended it to be.

Ava wasn’t asleep beside me but I could hear the shower running in the distance.

She’d been worried sick about her sister the night before. I wasn’t completely convinced that she’d forgiven Ava and wanted to attend the ball.

She knew her sister better than I did, and apparently, she ...