Two-sided Love

ool sweetheart was th

ismissed it with, "We were young and foolish

he end of the

d just endure it, I

hich we had raised together for three years only f

d sent those two s

t on their acti

.

day off and prepared a lavish meal

anied by the watch and shoes he had long coveted. I

ymbolizing hope and new beginnings; it had been

d in the increasingly silent room, occasio

he table had been reheated several ti

turn on t

o nap, with the haunting light o

swered calls, the last one a

as no r

tely, sensing my unhappiness, and nudged me with

of this en

arn this rare day off, originally p

all about an issue at wor

m, feeling a slight dis

o long had mad

nd tripped over a chair, hi

heart skip a beat. My legs gave way, and I collap

ment flare

young man who had once saved me, disappearing forever,

the door, my voice hoarse, "You liar. You promise

ense my emotions an

it, "Snuffy, do you

.

, my hand bandaged, though I remem

er was o

to find the living room e

ss to me. I didn't like this

s anothe

re aw

his facial features were sharply delineated, the golden sunlight tracing the co

ere truly

aking the pill, the taste m

tion about a high school reunion. My phone was dead, and I forgot

plate of egg and bac

ies this morning and mad

sank as I turned to him,

cour

o you

ove

o a

e smiled, patting my head,

smiled too, squeezing my

stion; I had pursued Rick for

.

including the two years we were toget

gle expression if he wa

ame a sensation as the "financial genius

ing a well - defined, high - bridged nose, and eyebrows that gracefully arched towards his temples. Howeve

st a facade. His inherent malice ful

, I found thi

idelines, watching as the girls who

of them as his girlfriend. People said Rick had no since

e up when they

er, persisted. For years, I st

my teeth and took a minor in finance,

e of the night, a single word from h

friend were stuck in the lecture hall, I

knew I was his mos

from him, I would d

s beauty, Zoe, was head over heels for the finan

d me a gold digger, and mocked

.

mous was Rick's

m, I stayed up several nights lea

nally made a cartoon

M for my bir

fter saying this, leavin

during the day. I didn't plan on attending h

, decidi

feverish, to the address he ga

r I had prepa

hard for me to keep my eyes open,

ocked, a crowd of people turned to l

one call and the campu

k's most devo

y any attention

up to Rick, placing the cake on

nonchalantly, his lashes low

so ugly, I c

tered words as cr