2
Jamie pulled me outside.
We stood facing each other in the hallway.
The lights made his face hard to read.
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But I could feel the anger simmering beneath
his words.
“Riley, what the hell? Why’d you chop off your
hair? I told you I liked it long. As your
girlfriend, you should-”
“Jamie.”
I cut him off.
“We’re done.”
The air froze for a second.
He frowned, started to say something.
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Then we heard Lily and Amy arguing inside
the party.
Jamie’s frown deepened.
He scoffed, tossed out a “Whatever,” and
stormed back to the party.
Watching him go, I breathed a sigh of relief.