The Blame Game

After dinner, I stayed in the temporary office at the Serenity Hotel. Around four in the afternoon, Declan asked if I had sobered up and if I could go to the parent-teacher meeting that evening.

I thought Hazel wanted Chloe to go instead of me, so I said I was busy and had a headache. Declan knew I had messed up drinking that morning. He said, "I was busy, too. If you can't go, I'll have my mom go