Chapter 17

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"Shut that bloody contraption off, Lauren!"

I groggily turned over in my bed to see Charlie burying his face into the pillow next to me, while my alarm clock went off.

Still a little disoriented, I hit my hand on my bedside table a few times before I found the alarm clock, finally ending the shrill beeps.

Charlie was mumbling incoherently, while I sighed, sitting up and throwing the blankets off of...