Chapter 4
By the third month of Randy’s disappearance, I was finally over him.
If two years of living apart were enough to justify a divorce, then surely two months of no contact counted as a breakup.
I started packing up his things.
There were a lot of couple items in the house.
Toothbrushes, glasses, towels, and small figurines were arranged in pairs.
I used to tell him over and again, “See, this is you, and the tiny girl beside you is me. We are meant to be together.”
Randy would smile sweetly. “Yeah, we’re made for each other.”
I’d put my arms around his neck, grinning like a fool and quietly whispering in my heart, “We’ll be together forever.”
But one day, I discovered that the figurines had been moved.
The pair that once stood so close, shoulder to shoulder, were now turned back–to–back, standing far apart.
I stared at them for a moment before packing them up together.
There was too much of his stuff to pack all at once, and lately, I’d been getting home really late, so I left it for now.
Until one day, the group chat blew up.
“Randy, you’re finally returning? I really missed you!”
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“That’s not even the main point. I heard Audrey’s coming back with him. Is that true?”
“No way! That means Randy finally got his dream girl! Congrats on ditching Debra and winning the real deal!”
Numerous congratulatory texts followed.
Then Randy sent a photo in the group chat. It was of him and Audrey.
“Yeah, we’re coming back.”
They looked like a perfect match, standing side by side.
Just then, I heard a voice urging me to go on stage, so I put down my phone and went on stage
By the time I picked it up again, it was already late at night.
While I’d been on stage, Randy had sent more messages to the group.
“Is Debra still looking for me?”
“No. As a matter of fact, when I randomly went on her Instagram the other day, I realized she blocked me!”
“I just checked, and she blocked me too. What the hell? Randy, you should check yours. What if she blocked you too?”
“No way she’d block Randy. She’s too in love with him to let him go. Anyway, now that Audrey has returned, I think it’s time for Randy to officially end his relationship with Debra.”
I had honestly forgotten to block him.
“Let’s wait a bit. I’m scared she’ll cry again,” Randy suggested.
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After that, all the guys went quiet as no one knew
What to say.
I merely treated it like a joke and quickly forgot about it.
There was a group dinner tonight, and I couldn’t find an excuse to get out of it. Thus, I sat in a corner and quietly enjoyed my drink.
Without realizing it, I drank too much.
Somehow, I stumbled to the front, grabbed a mic, and wailed into it.
Everyone was grasping their heads as if their brains were going to burst from the noise.
“The alcohol is quite strong tonight. Did Debra drink a lot?”
Suddenly, a man stood and offered, “I’ll take her home.”
The manager sighed and nodded.
On the way back, I didn’t behave myself.
I clung to him like a puppy, sniffing and nuzzling him. “You smell so good!”
He tried to pull me off, his voice rough. “Debra, stop squirming.”
I squinted at his face and pointed to his ear. “Why are your ears so red? Let me pinch it.”
Then, I threw myself at him again.
If I had been sober, I’d have wondered how a man this tall and broad could be knocked over so easily.
I acted even worse in the elevator. I was basically hanging on him, and my shirt collar slipped off without me even noticing.
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His eyes accidentally caught a glimpse of something, and he jerked his head away, flustered.
Even his back turned red.
“I started slipping and scrambled to hold onto his shirt, whining, “Hold me up! I’m slipping!”
He had no choice but to support me under my thighs with one hand and use the other to stop my arms from flailing.
At this moment, the elevator door opened.
Randy was standing in front of my apartment door.
The moment he saw me tangled up with another man, his eyes went red, and he completely lost it.
“Debra! Get down from there right now!”
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