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Ciara Mendes

"You can't be serious," Eve says.

"What did you expect me to do? Can you genuinely expect me to feel bitter towards someone who is sincerely sorry for her actions? I wanted to hate her; believe me, I did. But after learning nearly everything about her, I realized that hating her would just be petty. Besides, all of that happened before I started dating Giovanni."

"She's pregnant with your boyfriend's baby," Eve argues, trying to make me see reason.

"The same boyfriend you slept with to get back at his own cousin. Don't make me regret meeting you, Eve."

After everything she did, she has no right to judge my choices. I only decided to meet with her because she has always been there for me, and I can't let what happened years ago destroy our friendship. I forgave my mom and sister; I can forgive her too.

"I guess I deserve that. I had no right," she said, looking down at the burger that surprised me a bit when she ordered it. "It's your life, and I should jus