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ngrily as the whole place became chao

on her face. She tried to stop Charlie and ask some questions bu

her man Jeremy, a man she loved so much and wouldn't even dare to betray thei

. The growing distance between them had become a

The streets were bubbling, people walking to and f

minutes feeling uneasy because she didn't know how Jeremy would react when

sound but the door made a creaking sound as it opened slowly and the smell

e stood where she was and hoped that all was wrong, this wa

room, her heart skipped as her

my lay entangled with their neighbor, David. The sheets twisted around the

face, his expression was horrific. H

was unbelievable. Her husband, the man she had loved and trusted so muc

me that we've been married." "You're bisexual yet you made

closing like a fish gasping for air. It seemed like all words were lost. "Charlotte please w

ot having any particular plan in mind. Her heels clattered loudly against the hard

hook, one would think that she deliberately wanted to knock down the door. She ran

ent into objects of many colours and shapes. She wa

to the look on Jeremy's face and then the way David had smirked

e dragging her man with another ma

all bee

he sudden coldness, the excuses

She leaned against a lamppost, trying to breathe, trying to think. The cool night air sla

ain. She let it ring until it went silent,

me explain. It's com

oke now. She squeezed the phone so

rlot

artled, to find her best friend, Emily, walkin

d cheeks and the devastation in her eyes. She dropped t

ily asked, wrapping

a sob. "Jeremy... he

ack enough to look Charlotte

nodded m

thin, furious line. "I knew

inutes, neither of them said anything. Tears rolled down Charlotte's eyes freely

ht," Emily said finally, her v

e thought of stepping back into that apartment, smelling the betrayal in the air, drove her

ly's back and Charlotte's phone buzzed again. She ignored it. She didn't want more lies

otal silence, it was as if they were b

that moment, so she just focused on getting them home. But she reached out once in

turned red from crying. She pulled her shoes and fling them to no pa

ing that it will make Charlie calm a little and then the

etter "I'll be here, okay?" Emily said softly, putting her a

ed a faint smil

y sliver of warmth broke through her frozen heart

closer to midnight, a kn

se. Emily frowned an

t back." Emily whispered

e throw pillow tightl

changed immediately. Charlotte knew something wa

Emily said

eact, the door shook vio

rom the other side, laced with anger, desperation an

lt and turned back to C

his," she said, ho

nds trembled a

timestamped ear

shivers down to her ribs, h

betrayal was on

mething much