My Nasty Ex-girlfriend

seemed so desperate, almost fragile. It was like she was carrying a heavy backpack full of secrets that she couldn't

d, breaking the silen

hough a weight had been lifted. She quickly checked to se

to you," she

ned. "What did

. "The night you saw us at The Belmon

u were laughing, holding hands, looking like a c

"Aaron set it all up. He knew you wou

ake it in. "You mean

omething that had to do with you. I was foolish enough to believe he meant it. But when we were in the lobby, he gra

st. "Why would Aaron do tha

hurt you, Ethan. He was jealous. He didn't like your succe

flooded with memories from that night-the pain, the be

asked, frustration creeping into my

ur apartment, but you wouldn't let me in. You just shut me out. The

hat Aaron intercepted a letter? Are you sa

efore that night. He made comments that made no sense-stuff about how you didn't deserve what you ha

r words. Could Aaron, the guy I had trusted with eve

ing me this now?"

d have stood up for myself back then. But I was scared you wouldn'

tened me, Ethan. After that night, he warned me to stay quiet. He said if I told you

s in a bubble, just me and her. I couldn't shake the f

terly. "You didn't fight

's my biggest regret. I came back because I couldn't stan

on. I wasn't sure what to think anymore. Everything I believed ab

t, my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pul

me ASAP. It'

thought things couldn't get worse, he

hing me, eyes full of concern. Th

o think," I said, f

r rolling down her cheek. "T

alked away. I was left alone, s

oomed large in my mind. Something was happening,