A Sweet Vengeance

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re, Andrew Cole is officially

, not when my whole world is

hell is

of it, I blink, shake

w's arm wrapped around Evelyn, both of them

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cuts through the fog in

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nst the desk, but I don't care. I grab my bag, igno

," I mutter to myself. "They wouldn't, it d

ng straight, th

ead round the fact that I

I know where I'm headed. Our apartment. I can't le

the rain, the traffic. Nothing matters except reachin

re with Evelyn, my heart is pounding so hard

mbrella, allowing the rain to d

inside, the sight I

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shoulders, both of them laughing like

unshot and they look up instantly and instead of

ed up," Evelyn drawls, her li

e cracks, but I don't care. I'm t

"It's exactly what it looks like, Isabe

step forward, the rage

To her? My best fr

"Oh, please, Isabella. Don't act so sh

y best friend, Evelyn. How could I know thi

he sound sharp

convenience. A charity case. Do you really think someone l

o Andrew, desperate for some kind of ex

s, his ga

e not who you used to be. You've fallen so far, a

ee a future with me? After everything we've be

a. You've got nothing to offer me anymore. Evelyn, on the other hand..." He looks at her, his eyes dar

heart shatters into pieces that I can't even begin to pic

ou're nothing now. No money, no power, no family. You

partment!" I scre

forget which one of us is paying the bulk of this place

more. Tears stream down my face as I turn and bolt

I'm going. I just kn

ing wheel as the rain lashes against the windshield, and m

d: You're nothing now. A

ged. The streets blur as I drive, my emotion

d ahead becomes a smear of lights and shado

f nowhere...

of screeching tires fills my ears, followe

ything go