He remembered the call that morning.
He grabbed the police officer and ran out of the
police station.
When he got to the government office where I
had cancelled my documents the staff could not
say no to the police.
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When he got to the government office where I
had cancelled my documents the staff could not
say no to the police.
They found a new ID for me.
Tiffany kept texting, but he didn’t even look at
it, he just deleted it all.
The police saw that he was not okay, and told
him to calm down.
But Jake just kept pacing, he was worried.
As soon as they found the ID, he sent it to his
lawyer. In 10 minutes, my flight information was
in his hand.
Jake finally relaxed. He got his lawyer to buy
him a ticket, then he drove to the airport.
On the road, Tiffany, saw that he was not
answering, so she called.
Jake answered, he was so angry.
“What do you want?”
Tiffany was surprised, then she started crying.
“Honey, what’s going on? My wound is infected,
and Sam is working so there is no one here
with me. I called you because I needed help. Are
you busy? If you’re busy I’m not gonna disturb
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you.”
She said she wasn’t going to disturb him, but
she wouldn’t get off the phone.
Normally when he heard that he would go to the
hospital right away, but this time he just
frowned and said.
“If you are infected, go see a doctor, what can I
do? I have to go, I’ll hang up now.”
“Honey…what’s wrong? You never say that, is it
because Sarah? Did she say something to you?
I know she’s not feeling good because her mom
died. if she says I fell on my own, you don’t yell
at her. I’ll see her when I leave the hospital and
apologize.”
She had the same old script, but this time Jake
was done with the act.
“Tiffany, are you done acting? Don’t try to
make Sarah the bad guy, she never said
anything bad about you. But you are always
going on about her!”
“That thing happened three years ago! I don’t
know what you’re trying to get from this? Do
you want her to say it’s all her fault? That she
known cho did comothing
knows she did something wrong?”
“What actually happened that night, you know
it! Sarah wouldn’t do anything like that! Tiffany,
you can lie to other people, but don’t lie to yourself!”
“I saw the hate online, I will give you three days
to fix it. When I get back, I hope that we don’t talk again!”
And before she could even react, he hung up,
blocked the number, deleted it.
When he landed, it was already the next
morning.
I had just left my apartment, ready to look for a
job when I saw him.
His jacket was covered with snow. I didn’t know
how long he had been there.
I didn’t want to know, and I didn’t care.
I turned to leave, but he rushed to me, grabbing
my arm.
“Sarah…it’s me.”
“I came to find you.”
“I know I messed up for the past three years. I
made you suffer, please, give me a chance to
explain.”
He was acting so carefully. His eyes were so
tired.
I didn’t want to look at him, I pushed his hand
away.
“There is no need for an explanation. What do
you have to explain?”
“That it wasn’t me that wrote the release, that
the hotel overseas was not for Tiffany, that you
didn’t give her a million dollars every month?”
“Jake, we don’t have anything to explain.”
“I know you like her, now that I’m gone your
have your chance. Why do you need to look for
me now?”
“Are you looking to see how much of a mess |
am? Are you disappointed?”
He couldn’t believe that I had seen everything
on his computer.
He did not react for a long time.
“No, it’s not like that, please, let me explain.
Tiffany didn’t know anyone over there, I was
just afraid she didn’t have any money, that’s it.
As for the hotel, it was just a coincidence. I
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didn’t know that she would go there.”
“Enough, Jake, do you believe your own lies?”
“I’m not a three year old.”
“Every minute I spend with you makes me sick!”
“Since I left you, every time I close my eyes, I
can see my mom’s face.”
Jake’s face was losing its color.
He finally let his hand drop.
“I’m…I’m sorry.”
I laughed, but I was crying at the same time.
“Sorry? What can sorry do? Can it bring my mom back? Can it put Tiffany in jail?”
“Don’t ever come to look for me again, every
time I see you, I hate my own stupidity.”
I turned and left without looking at him.
Jake didn’t show up again.
Three days later, there was news back home.
He had turned himself in.
He said that the release was fake, that he had
written it without my knowledge.
It wasn’t legal.
The car accident case was reopened.
This time there was no release, Tiffany was not
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getting away.
Sam’s company issued a statement, saying that
him and Tiffany were not a couple anymore.
This was the last straw for Tiffany.
Jake was suing to get all the money he had
sent to her back.
The two of them fought in court.
There was a live stream of it online.
There were hundreds of thousands of people
online.
Everyone was calling her evil.
She didn’t have the money to give back.
In the end, she got 20 years in prison.
Jake’s company went down because of the
news.
It lasted only one month, before closing.
After 20 years, my childhood friend was gone
from my life.
On the same day Tiffany was put in jail, I got a
new job.
It was the end, and a new beginning.
The End
