Suzy The front door of a small apartment in one of Brooklyn's low-income buildings was opened for me. Clary, my friend, looked at me from the bottom up and said, "Look, if it's not a bitch coming back. What was it? Are you tired of playing with those richie people?” I let out a breathy laugh, roll
“I just understood that I don't belong to anything or anyone in this world, Clary,” I said after a while, answering her question. “No one cares about me; it's like these guys; they all always want to cum and leave. No one will ever look at me any further than that.” My voice got choked at the end.
Terrence There was an uncomfortable silence in the car as I drove to take Ava to Suzy's friend's address. After the day I woke her up in a hotel room with another woman by my side, the most unhappy day of my life, I could say that Suzy liked to make little threats, making me go to her house with a
“Terrence? Did you come for Suzy? I don’t know if she wants to see you,” she said without much interest in me as she noticed Ava. “And who is this? Your beloved wife? Impressive! Is this a real Hermès?” Clary asked, boldly reaching for Ava's bag, who flinched. I pushed her away with my arm. “Stop
Terrence It was even comical to see those pieces of paper hitting us and then falling to the ground as if they were nothing; it was as if things were always insisting and getting out of control. After years of keeping everything healthily in its rightful place, now, so abruptly, everything was in a
Laura “Are you sure I don’t need to go there?” I asked with my hand on my heart, so worried about my friend after finding out that she had been sick and was now in the clinic being taken care of by doctors. “Yes, yes, she is just being medicated properly. The doctor said that her blood pressure r
"What do you mean? What happened?" He asked, looking really worried; after all, Annie was his daughter. “It turned out that you, as always, didn't care about the consequences and opened your pretty shitty mouth to insinuate those bad things to Suzy,” I said. “What? Are you and your friend only p
Laura That night, I barely slept at all. Thinking about what had happened at Annie's party, my thoughts fluctuated between Ava and Suzy. Did they hate each other now? Were they enemies now? And what about the issue of children? Since Suzy had now broken her deal with Ava, was she going to take care
Annie POV The masked boy led me through the dark campus, his hand firm in mine as we ran away from the ballroom. My legs trembled, the blue dress swishing with each step, and tears still streamed down my face, hot and relentless. The sound of the shouts, the judgments, still echoed in my head, bu
“No choice?” He cut me off, his tone incredulous. “Are you serious? You chose to help Madison make that video. You chose to plug it into the projector. And now Annie’s out there, broken, while you try to run from the responsibility. This doesn’t fix anything, Abby. It wasn’t supposed to end like thi
Abby POV I was there, tucked away in the shadows of the ballroom’s corner, my heart still racing as I watched the chaos I’d helped create unfold. The giant screen kept playing that horrible video, distorted and manipulated clips of Annie echoing through the room like a final verdict. People poin
Annie POV I was still on the dance floor, the warmth of the masked boy’s body against mine, my head resting on his chest as the slow music guided us. The sound of his heartbeat against my ear was almost hypnotic, and I let myself get lost in that feeling I couldn’t quite explain. He’d just said s
I swallowed hard, Caleb’s words coming back to haunt me. “Have you ever stopped to think that maybe we’ve gone too far?” He’d said that at the mall, and I’d hung up on him, but now they echoed in my head. Annie had hurt me, yes. The fight in the dorm, the way she called me fake, like I was trash she
Abby POV I was leaning against the wall of the ballroom, the cup of punch in my hand already warm and forgotten, as I watched Annie dance with that masked boy. The soft lights of the ball cast shadows over them, and even from so far away, you could feel something in the air—a chemistry almost tangi
Anne POV I was there, trying to at least pretend I was enjoying the party with Summer, letting the loud music and spinning lights distract me from the weight pressing on my chest. Summer danced beside me, throwing her arms up with that endless energy of hers, and I tried to keep up, forcing a smile
“She’s an idiot,” Summer said, crossing her arms as she looked at me with concern. “You okay?” “Yeah,” I lied, grabbing a cup of punch just to have something to do with my hands. “I just… I just want this to stop, you know? For people to leave me alone.” Before Summer could reply, I felt him befor
Anne POV It was the day of the freshman ball, and I stood in front of the mirror in my dorm room, the blue dress Summer had insisted I buy staring back at me. The fabric draped lightly over my body, the delicate sleeves and simple cut highlighting my shoulders and collarbone in a way I knew was bea