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LILA
Riley put her textbook away, when I walked inside
our apartment, and gave me an expectant look. It
must have been the expression on my face or the
tear-stained marks on my cheeks, but Riley, wordlessly,
opened her arms for me.
I slumped into her embrace and choked back a sob that
threatened to escape. “God, it’s so hard. Walking away
from him hurts, and every time I do it, it chips off another
piece of my heart.”
She rubbed my arms, soothingly. “Why did you walk
away, this time?”
“I thought we could be just friends again.” My voice
leaked my pain, and I shuddered, holding back another cry.
“I even gave myself a little pep talk. I said I won’t fall for
his charms, won’t succumb to his touches. But the moment
he kissed me, I forgot all of it and kissed him back.”
I wiped away the tears and lifted my head up, staring at
Riley’s face. Her brows were pinched, and she gave me a
sympathetic look. “We almost had sex in the hospital’s
bathroom, Riley. If those two women didn’t walk in on us,
he would have fucked me right against that sink, while his
father laid dying a few feet away.”
“Well, shit.”