Mr. Ballin

And so Dawn smiled widely and she opened up the box's lid.

And inside was this clearly very expensive bottle of perfume.

And she gasped when she saw it.

It was brand new.

She would never have been able to afford something like this.

And she was shocked, frankly, that Charlie had managed to get it for her.

Like, how could he have gotten this?

Dawn gave Charlie a very excited hug, and she told him she absolutely loved it.

And so she pulled it out and she sprayed some on her wrist and she rubbed them together and she thought it smelled so good.

And then she handed the bottle to Charlie and told him to please put this somewhere safe.

Then she stood up from the couch with a big smile on her face and she went to get her makeup to go get ready for the day.

About five minutes later, Dawn was sitting back on the couch with her makeup bag now in her lap, and she was applying foundation to her face and telling Charlie about how she was thinking about putting more dye in her hair, maybe a blue streak this time.

But as she finished her foundation and reached for her powder, she felt her headache suddenly intensify.

She winced, hoping it would pass, but pretty soon she started feeling pretty lightheaded and realized she was sweating quite a bit.

She stopped talking about her hair and told Charlie she was feeling really weird.

Charlie seemed worried and asked if she wanted some pain relievers, but Dawn just shook her head.

She'd already taken her meds that day and didn't want to take more pills because it could upset her stomach.

Instead, she handed her makeup bag to Charlie and asked him to go put it back in the bedroom, and then she hurried to the bathroom to splash some water on her face.

And by the time she got in there and actually began putting the water on her face, it was like her whole body felt like it was on fire.

She was sweating so much to the point where she felt like this water wasn't enough.