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e and slumping on the couch, heaving a contented si

chen, expecting to s

thing about missing me and trying to bake something so a

school and Nolan has always been glad to be

describes the taste as ' home' saying that my

me he whispers th

irthday, and I rushed all the way here to surprise him. I didn't

l that I am neglecting h

have been on and off bet

well, and since I am the only family

, there's Nolan –

ago after he was offered a spot on

idn't qualify to join the team. I remember how he sucke

elocate with him. It was hard leaving the town I grew u

the backbone of his career, o

every game he is scheduled to partic

that I might as well fire his

for him. It gives me a

before venturing into the kitchen. A smile paints my lips a

make it to his birthday yesterday bu

om door, something h

e bedroom, my hand h

ining it. Nolan wou

groan followed by breathless moan

thing else. A sick part of me whispers to walk away, to go back down

of woman woul

cow

clinging

alendar, every time I chose him over myself, over Michigan, over my f

s what I am

me, burning away th

oorknob so tightly i

someone else, I need to

myself out of it, I

ters at the si

led in our bed. The same bed we have bee

fingers digging into my

jerks upright, scrambling for the blanket to cover h

what it looks like," he st

expect me to believe that? What am I looking at the

across his face. For a second, I

he blurts, holding out his hands like that c

ailey. I don't even care about

ack, disgust ris

right on our bed. You call th

ing, and how did you choose to repay me? By

guilt in his eyes flickers

you're not to blame here?" He snaps,

the way here. I was fine without you so if you feel betrayed

used and feeling insu

you talki

e always hovering, always controlling everything I do. I can't breathe with you o

e a punch, knocking t

id-I did for you

s, dropping the blan

to me. You never gave me the space to breath freely so I took matters into

appens when you p

ment, I j

cuts deeper wi

punch in the gut, ste

ut of love and my concern for him w

er say anything? Was my love so cheap in yo

said she was annoying, I never knew she was delus

rub me th

repeat, drea

each other for the past six mo

hs? It's the same time my grandmother's health started

esn't say a word, only giving me a blank stare. The answer is however very cl

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ing a fool out o

y left in you. You are nothing and nobody to Nolan. You can't help his ca

ed to mean?" I ask,

n; you were always just a placeholder, so fuck off. Staying with you will only drag his car

poisoned dagger stabbin

him through thick and thin, everything would

I was only d

th, I square my sho

ually cared about you. No connections that mattered and nobody covering yo

diculous..."

ed every sponsorship deal you signed. For every inte

nde with connections. You had me, doing a

nothing comes out.

, looking at t

career left for him to fight over. Thank you for o

coward an

oth find out exactly how much o

se. I turn, walk out, and

ally shake. My heart's still hammering

n't let