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62ND HEARTBEAT

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JORDI ADKINS

The aromatic smell of freshly brewed coffee immediately invaded my nostril the moment I inched my way to our favorite café. I found Nikki and Jane already settled at our usual spot right at the very corner overlooking the street outside. We haven’t been here for almost two months and perhaps it’s because our lives have been so interesting. Jane’s very much busy hanging out with his college boyfriend. Nikki has been Nikki so far, she’s just out there partying and enjoying her life. And me. My life has drastically changed ever since I almost had a one night stand with my bully.

“So, how was your boyfriend doing?” Jane asked and just as I settled down on my usual spot right in between her and Nikki. She slowly slid my order towards me.

“He’s fine. He just got out of the hospital yesterday.” I replied grabbing the cup and slowly taking a huge sip of my iced-coffee.

“So, Xavier’s fine? But why the long face though? Did something horrible happened at the hospital?” Nikki inquir
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