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into the water, who do you think he'd save?"
toward the pool, her smile deepening. And without wa
hood sweetheart both fell into a pool, and n
run to first w
girlfriend. That's the
n past me, his girlfriend, a
dhood sw
reached her in seconds, pulling her limp body i
tried to float, but my body refused. My arms flailed, my hands s
rse, he didn't ev
ion, as if he couldn't imagine a world without her, as if she were the love of his life.
I really going t
el, embarrassi
k. They'd whispe
boyfriend let her drown
've always been there for him. I sacrificed so much
he woman who gave him nothing
, are you okay?" His vo
still in
g one last glimpse of Matthew, his arms wrapped
riend is still in the
snapping to me, like he'd
but it was too late
t heavy. I was about to die un
ne do
lips pressed against mine, forcing air into my lungs. I clung to his chest as
in, followed by firm pr
rom my mouth. Gasping for air, I tried to blink.
most
you okay?"
of them was resting gently on Nora's back, the other curled protectively around hers. H
-I'm so scared, Ma
jacket and wrapped it around her sho
so hard it
s still shaking from the w
them. Especially not when she was snuggled against h
oftly, "Try to understand,
you chose to save her? Is that w
hed, and
me, M
. "You think her life is more impor
ait
ng. To say he panicked, to say anything
ew that he knew wh
, if he would apologize..
her. "Don't be dramatic, Violet. You
y words stopped wo
en worse. If she'd stayed in th
tle louder now. My hands were fists. "You th
at had been forming ever since she came back
f intimacy, we fought over nothing. And every
just j
's s
ust he
his fir
other. He used to talk about her like she was the only light he had ba
, she came back. Since then, she'd been doing everything she could to make me l
g to some business partners when she just
ed. I was tire
as? I looked at her and saw the small, vic
should've thought about her health be