The first to lose her patience was Bertha.
“Enough, Simon. I have no time to argue with you. Do you really think that you love me that much? If you truly did, you wouldn’t have cheated on me. The essence of love is loyalty, but ours was full of lies. Everyone in our friend group knew about your relationship with Luna, but they kept it from me. What am I, then?
“You said that I didn’t give you a chance? Can you swear you never noticed that anything was off whenever I acted strangely? You ignored my feelings all the time, so how can you call that love? You’re the one who slept with Luna in the hospital in the name of seeking treatment for me. You’re the one who slept with Luna in the car on my birthday. You could even talk about all the dirty things you did with Luna while peeling grapes for me.
“If you had even considered my feelings for one second from the get-go, would you have done those things? Even now, you haven’t tried to offer me an explanation.
“Simon, I don’t need anyone
