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ended up just keeping her mouth shut. She could easily get obsessed with wondering what that guy was thinking, and knew there was no way to predict that anyway.
    It took over an hour for Taylor to get discharged once they started the process. It was nearly 10PM when Taylor was told she could leave. In spite of her insisting that she could walk on her own two feet, an orderly rolled her out of the hospital in a wheelchair and waited for Gina to bring the car around.
    The girls drove straight to their house. It was a three bedroom red brick single-family home in an older subdivision with rolling hills and mature trees. It was a nice enough place that sat atop a hill on a corner. They shared it with one other person, Kent, who was also a co-worker at Common Grounds. He was a manager and would help Taylor out if she needed to take some time off. She was so exhausted as they pulled into the driveway that her only thought was telling Kent she needed the next forever off work.
    He was sitting on the couch when they walked in the door. Not knowing the first thing about what was going on, he shot them a big smile when they opened the door. It quickly faded as he took in their serious expressions. His own face turned quizzical.
    "Who died?" he said. He was only joking around, of course.
    "A seventeen-year-old girl," Taylor said. "I found her body and then I thought I was dying but turns out I was just panicking."
    Kent stared at Taylor with an unreadable expression that Taylor took to mean he didn't know what to believe. They stared at each other for a surreal amount of time. Gina looked on, figuring she should say something, but too tired and out of it to care.
    "I seriously found a dead seventeen-year-old girl," Taylor said. "She looked a lot like me with long blonde hair, and it was such a mind fuck that I fell and broke my arm and had an epic, death-battle panic attack. I just got out of the hospital. Gina was there. She had to talk to the cops too."
    Taylor looked at Gina as if she were just remembering something. "You didn't look at the girl did you?"
    Gina shook her head. "No, you told me not to."
    "Be glad you didn't."
    They fell back into the silent stare again. The sound of Kent clearing his throat broke the silence. "Are you shitting me right now?" he asked.
    "I wish I were," Taylor said. She continued to stare blankly as she kicked off her shoes, crossed the room, sat down her bag and the papers she was holding, and slumped onto the couch. She looked over at him. Their gazes met, and Kent could clearly see the hurt and fragility in her eyes. "I found a dead body today," she said. "I stared at it for a long time. I stared at it for long enough that I can clearly picture details of it when I close my eyes." Tears welled up in her eyes until they were too full. She blinked and several silent drops fell onto her cheeks.
    Kent reached out hug her. "Oh, Tay, I'm so sorry," he said. They had a standard roommate relationship—one where he didn't dote over the girls too much. He patted her a few times, not really knowing how to console females. Gina sat in a nearby armchair, not knowing what to say either.
    Taylor originally thought she wouldn't tell Kent what had happened but the information just fell out of her mouth the instant she saw him, and she felt better for saying it out loud again. "I'm not going to work for like a month," she informed him. "I think I have enough money to make it a month without working. I'm just gonna stay home and freak out a little bit."
    Kent looked at Gina with a concerned expression.
    "Why don't you think about taking a couple of days off instead of a whole month," Gina said. "You might like the distraction."
    "I'll start with a couple of days, then," Taylor said. She looked at Kent as if to ask him if he understood that she wanted to be taken off the schedule at Common grounds for the next few days, and he nodded. "I'm going to bed," Taylor said.
    "I'm not far behind you," Gina said.
    Taylor looked