Max probably thought I’d lose it, that I’d cry and throw a fit.
But after hearing Max’s voice messages last
night and seeing Sam shirtless in Max’s bed, I wouldn’t do that again.
6
I stayed in my room.
I didn’t come down until the housekeeper came
to tell me that dinner was ready.
Max was there, helping the housekeeper bring out the food.
When she came up to me with a bowl of soup, I stood up.
Max had predicted that I’d do that, so I ran into
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her.
Max screamed, and most of the soup spilled on
her.
She cried, “Sunnie, I was just trying to bring
you soup. Why would you…”
Max had learned.
Since she hadn’t been able to trick me into
pushing her in the living room, she’d created at
situation where we touched.
I was speechless.
Sam looked at me, disappointed.
He shoved me away and started tending to
Max’s burns.
He was busy comforting Max and didn’t look at
me once.
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He didn’t notice that not all the soup had spilled
on Max.
I had also been burned.
He didn’t notice that he’d pushed me and that
I’d fallen.
My knees and back were scraped.
The scrapes stung, but not as much as my
heart.
Finally, Sam came out, pulling Max along..
“Apologize!”
I looked at him.
After ten years of friendship, after ten years of
living together, I couldn’t see any kindness in
Sam’s eyes.
5:49 P
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88
There was just disgust.
“Max is forgiving, so if you apologize, this can
be over.”
“What if I don’t?”
“Sunnie, are you testing me?” Sam asked.
“If you don’t want to break up with me, you’ll apologize!”
He’d told me that we’d be together forever, but now he was using our relationship as leverage.
Sam was sure I couldn’t live without him.
He was sure I’d apologize.
But this time, he was wrong.
I stared at his eyes and said, slowly, “I won’t
apologize. Do whatever you want.”
5:49
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Sam left with Max.
I left too.
88
My arms and back were scratched and burned.
I took a cab to the hospital.
The doctor tended to my burns, gave me some medicine, and told me to be careful.
On the way back, my bestie called: “Sunnie, did you and Sam fight again? He took Max and some of his friends to the resort, and they’re gonna set off fireworks for her.”
“Oh, and did you see that Sam put something on social media? If he gets a hundred likes, he’ll break up with you. He’s already at ninety–nine!
7
I opened social media and saw the breakup
declaration.
