Bad Neighbors

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I was beginning to think that I should’ve listened to Avery. If I had listened to my sister, there would be a better chance of me being able to sleep at night. As it was, I was laying in my bed, a sleep app playing the sounds of the rain forest through my tiny bedroom to cover the sounds that bled through the wall.

There was a feminine moan that echoed into my room, accompanied by the occasional shout of profanity. There was a rhythmic beat of what I could only assume was a headboard bouncing against the wall. It seemed like a repeat performance from yesterday.

I was so tired, and it felt like my neighbors were going for a marathon. I lost track of how long they had been going on. By now, if it had been normal sex, someone had to be done. They needed to run out of steam. But it kept going.

Irrationally tired, I sat up. And they kept going. I got up and snatched my robe off the doorknob to the bedroom. I shrugged it on and went to the front door. I didn’t think after that; I went to the only place the noise could come from. My next-door neighbor.

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