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I take his hands, and he hauls me upright. Then the words penetrate. “What do you mean I only have until tonight? I don’t even know if he’s coming back, and you want me to make a decision?”
“Oh, he’s back.” He grabs a nearby towel to wipe the sweat from his face. “He showed up before I came to get you.”
I stare. “We’ve been in here for over an hour.”
“Yeah.” He grabs a clean towel and tosses it at me. “Won’t hurt him to wait a little longer. Why don’t you take a shower before you go find him?”
I don’t call Dad an asshole, but it’s hovering right there on the tip of my tongue. Then again I suppose this was a test in and of itself. For both Casimir and me.
I catch a glimpse of myself in one of the nearby mirrors. The makeup I had on earlier is smudged from working out, and there’s no saving my hair. Casimir has seen me looking messier than this, but I need a minute to think about what Dad said. “Yeah, a shower sounds good.”