The room went silent the second those words were said.
My brother was the first to come back to his
senses, his eyes darted between Jake and me.
“Riley… what did he call you?” “…Girlfriend??”
I put up a calm face and laughed. “Bro, can’t you tell that he’s drunk? He’s joking.”
Jake looked mad and pushed Sarah away to come towards me.
I stepped back. Just at that moment, the sound
of a glass breaking came from behind us.
When Jake turned back, he rushed towards Sarah in a panic.
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Sarah’s leg was bleeding from a glass cut.
Her pale skin with the deep red blood was terrifying.
Jake’s face twisted in pain.
He picked Sarah up.
Sarah looked at me and hugged Jake by the
neck, faking a damsel in distress.
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“Bro, there are a lot of people here, can you
put me down?”
“Someone is going to misunderstand our
relationship.”
“Riley doesn’t look that happy, aren’t you going to see her?”
Sarah was speaking loudly on purpose, and her words were just loud enough for me to hear.
Her goal was to have Jake admit his
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relationship with Saran in Tront of everyone.
- me.
Jake didn’t say anything and just looked at
He glanced at me quickly, and said to Sarah, “Don’t worry about her, I’m taking you to the hospital.” He picked Sarah up and left the
room.
As soon as they left, my brother rushed towards
- me.
“Jake is a machine of alcohol, is something
going on?”
Since I couldn’t tell my brother, I didn’t explain.
I shook my head. “No, I think Sarah was just
too sudden, that’s why he’s like this.”
My brother still wanted to ask something, but I
stopped him.
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I shouldn’t have come to the reunion in the first
place. As soon as I was done eating, I made an
excuse and left.
I walked alone on the street, seeing couples
together, all happy, lighting fireworks.
I suddenly felt so lonely.
I started walking faster, wanting to just go
home and sleep.
When I arrived in front of my house, Jake
showed up.
I quickly went inside the gate, but he stopped
- me.
I tried to move around him, but he pulled me
into his arms.
If this was before, I would have fallen into his
embrace And cry
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But now I just pushed him away, coldly.
“Bro, this is in front of my house, what if my
parents saw us and misunderstand?”
He paused, and the hand he had reached for
me just retracted.
I didn’t understand why he didn’t want anyone to know, why he kept me hidden.
He said, “What’s with you today? Why are you cheering her on?”
I shrugged, “Was I wrong? Sarah still loves you,
and you saved her life. Getting back together is the most normal thing.”
I spoke truthfully, but Jake interpreted it differently.
He smiled, “So what about you? Did you forget
who you are?”
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“Who was the person who said if I was too
close to someone else, someone will…”
“Jake,” I looked right into his eyes, “We broke
up.”
