Chapter 58 - confession and a sad realization

"Wait what in the world do you mean by that?" My fists are clenched and I'm at the very edge of screaming.

"You remember how I always mentioned having a crush back at home?" She asks me and I nod.

It's confession time and I have the feeling that I know what she's gonna say.

But no, I don't want to hear it. There have been signs, I have been ignored, I've felt enough and I don't want to hear it.

"Yes, of course I do", I say with a nod to urge her on, because I remember and I had my suspicions, but I better be wrong.

I've known Tina for so long and Tina never stayed single for up to a month so I thought she was over it, plus she has been so obsessed with her Elijah ever since we came home.

"It was Carl" she says and I smile, but I lose it almost immediately.

My smile drops as the words she says sink in.

"No", I say with my cheek getting raised up in what is supposed to be a smile but clearly isn't. My shoulders are shaking, but I straighten up to look in her eyes.

"You'r