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“Really.”
“You were the one who broke us. You shut me out after I begged you not to.”
“We were bad for each other. We were sick.”
“And you abandoned me. Then came and accused me of cheating or moving on. I’m still not quite sure what happened that day. But it’s not me that’s fucked up, Anna.”
“No.” I cut him off. “We’re not doing this.”
“You know it’s the truth. And you know we’re still meant to be together.” He looks down at me as he says it.
“What?” I stare up at him. He can’t mean that. It’s only then I realise how close we’ve crept together, as if I’m being pulled to him even beyond my will. But I’ve run out of words, and there are tremors around my heart as if I’m about to crack open.
“Hey.”
Reece.
“It was nice to see you.” I step back, turn to Reece, and thread my arm through his. I see Jeremy stiffen as he watches me.
“You, too.” He breezes past, and I make a small smile at Reece.
“Who was that?” he asks.
“Just an old friend from school.”
“Oh, you didn’t introduce me.”
“Sorry, it was only a brief hi. Are we going in?” I gesture to the coffee shop.
“You don’t mention friends from school. Only Sammy. What’s up with that?”
“Look, Reece, are we getting lunch?” I ask as we’re still standing outside.
“I see the mood hasn’t improved from this morning,” he puts on a whiny voice.
I turn to look at him, ready to scream at him. “Forget it. I’ll get my lunch to go. Don’t come over tonight.” I keep the ‘fuck you’ to myself.
At least he doesn’t think following me inside is a good idea.
A bunch of text messages are waiting for me by the time I get home after work.
All apologetic — grovelling, even.
Reece
I just want to get to know you more.
Reece
You’re so closed off. I don’t want to fight.
Reece
I want to make things better, so just tell me how.
Urghh.
I ignore them all.
