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28| Lunch (Emma)
After the awkward elevator ride with Isabella and David, I decided to ask her what exactly had happened between them. We stopped for lunch at a little deli on the corner of the street and sat by the window. Isabella was beside herself as she remembered what happened.
She inhaled deeply, “Long story short, he cheated on me.”
My eyebrows formed a frown, “I’m sorry to hear that.”
“Yeah… I was blinded by love at that point, he could do no wrong in my eye,” she smiled and shook her head, “he was just such a smooth talker.”
In my head, I’m agreeing with her, but on the outside, I am totally oblivious and as far as Isabella is concerned, I never went out with David and I don’t even know who he is.
No one knows how she would react if I told her that he took me out and that we had lunch in the cafeteria a couple of times this past week. I liked Isabella, and I hated seeing such a bright spirit being brought down like that.
“You just have to be
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