Chapter 3

He left and I was left here alone. I just sighed and started washing the dishes in the sink.

After I washed, I sat down to rest for a while. I took my cell phone out of my pocket and checked what was on the messenger, suddenly this group chat of ours popped up on messenger.

Even though several years have passed, this group chat of ours in high school is still very much alive.

I guess they are talking about me again. Well, I'm popular in our group chat, I think I'm the number one topic here and even our teacher is talking about me too. Amazing, right?

Ann: Ask Nicole to teach you how to seduce a rich guy.

Dana: Yes, that's great! haha

Erica: Excuse me, I don't want to be flirty like her eww!

Jak: Hey, you crazy people, Nicole is reading our convo, maybe you forgot

Dana: So what? Do we have to care?

Jaika: You don't change gosh, we have husbands already, and yet you still gossips

Ann: Oh, there she is. You see, you just saw it. Nicole, tell us how your handsome husband is doing

Jak: What you said Dana, you're just jealous of Nicole because Elthon didn't become yours

They said a lot more to me but I didn't reply to them.

I don't know, I don't know what I did or did wrong to her. It's just that everyone around me is mad or doesn't like me. I'm nice to them but they still treat me differently when it comes to me.

All my classmates don't like me. As soon as I entered our school, I heard various conversations about me, and what they would say about me.

They say I'm flirty, a bit*h, a grabber, or a downer. I admit, I come from a poor family... that's true so I won't be angry or shy but to say I'm flirtatious? I will be really mad because it is not true.

They started talking and making fun of me when I was getting close to Elthon then, they were even more annoyed when Elthon and I became girlfriend and boyfriend.

Tsk! Elthon is so flirtatious, Elthon was the first to flirt with me! Then Elthon was the first to like me, not me, and he was the one who flirted with me even more, not me. I'm not like the students there who like Elthon, who does everything just so that Elthon notices them. One of my classmates said that they are probably just jealous of me.

Because Elthon was a heartthrob when we were still in high school, almost every girl in school liked him and dreamed of being his girlfriend.

Will they didn't expect that I'll be the one Elthon will like, they say that I'm just poor so how can a man like Elthon notice and like me? And yeah, their all wrong because that poor girl before is now the wife of that rich heartthrob Elthon.

Even though my life at school is like hell every day, I still miss it.

I scrolled through the messenger and noticed that many people were chatting with me. Almost all of them are my classmates or schoolmates, and people who knew me from high school and college. It's just that they were all my haters, I didn't have any friends in high school and college. Only Elthon was the only one I could eat with at the cafeteria, Elthon was not only my boyfriend, he was also my only best friend back then.

I opened my faceb00k and there are notifications, it's commenting, and reactions to my post, profile, and cover photo. I looked at the timeline and almost all the reactions were angry and the comments were just insults. In my profile and cover photo, Elthon and I are together, he is hugging my back and we are both smiling.

Sometimes I deliberately post pictures of Elthon and me together, those moments when we are really sweet to annoy them even more. Even if I don't do anything to them, they will still be annoyed with me or maybe even angry, so I will do it completely!

Dana: Online but don't even know how to reply? Are you feeling famous Nicole?

Ann: They say flirty people take a long time to die? Now I know that's true, long live sis!

Erika: Hey Nicole! Teach me how to be flirty!

They're really grouping their self to make me upset? Or to make me down? They are a squad. GJD squad for short for gossip, judgmental and disgusting.

I clicked on Dana's message to reply.

To Dana: I already noticed you so don't be mad :)

She immediately reacted angrily to my message so I just laughed.

To Anna: They say people who judge so much in others' life die easily? Don't worry, I will visit you at your grave!

I have another thought to say so I messaged her again.

To Anna: Btw, satan is on his way there! He just called me earlier, congrats!

To Erika: Don't act like innocent, I know you're better than me... that's what your exes say. Be careful, don't leave the house because there are giant d!ck waiting for you :)

I sighed and put the cell phone on the seat. It's tiring to talk to crazy people! When will they stop being my enemy? Dammit, we're too old for these kinds of talks or fights, it's super childish because they're still bringing back the old times, they really can't forget about me. I guess, they'll still remember me until their last breath, that's how they hate me.

Suddenly my cell phone rang, I felt it and looked at it. I was surprised to see Dana... my god! What is this? Did I accidentally press it?

"Oh, why you're so surprised?" This question made me laugh.

'At least I'm still beautiful even when shocked.' That's what I wanted to say but my face is thick if I say it so never mind.

"Nicole, Nicole, Nicole," she repeated my name.

"How is the life of a usurper like you?" She asked while one hand played with her hair.

I parted my hair and was about to speak. "Feeling beautiful huh?" She smiled annoyed.

I just pulled out my hair and then she I'm feeling beautiful? Well, erased the word feeling because I am beautiful for real, it's not just a feeling duh!

"Oh, sorry for being beautiful. I'm so beautiful that's why my husband loves me even more."

There is a trace of annoyance on her face. "Beautiful? Which side?!"

"Whether I turn my back, take a side view, look forward or bend over, I'm still beautiful. if only I could give this beauty, expect that I won't give it to you because even if I give some to you, you're still ugly..."

"...like your attitude," I added.

It was obvious from her face that she was even more annoyed by what I said. Is it my fault that she made a video call with me? Is it my fault that her day will be bad because of me? Anyway, she has a bad attitude as well as her face, so maybe it's okay that her day is also bad!

"The usurpers are different now, the faces are already thick!" I laughed out loud at what she said.