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Chapter 2

Author: Through Meteorites
I didn't say another word.

I simply grabbed my coat and went home.

Not long after I got back, a message from Cecily popped up.

"Summer, don't be mad.

"Donald feels terrible about the wrong ring.

"We're picking out a new one for you together right now."

A photo followed.

Under the bright lights of a jewelry store, Cecily sat beside Donald.

She was trying on a diamond ring.

Donald had his head slightly lowered, his eyes fixed on her hand, carefully checking whether the ring fit.

I stared at the photo.

Suddenly, I was reminded of a long time ago.

The first time I'd introduced Cecily to Donald.

She had always been outgoing, and they'd started bickering almost as soon as they met.

He teased her for talking too much.

She teased him for acting too cool.

I sat there laughing, genuinely happy that the two of them seemed destined to become good friends.

Later, the three of us went out for food together.

Cecily kept stealing the fries from my plate.

Donald frowned, slid the serving platter over to me, and said,

"Get your hands off it.

"If you want more, order another one."

Back then, I'd believed...

That no matter what happened, I would always be the one Donald chose.

But somewhere along the way...

Their playful arguments turned into an unspoken understanding that only the two of them shared.

They laughed together.

And I became the one sitting beside them, laughing along because I didn't know what else to do.

In a relationship between three people, the first person to be pushed out is usually the last one to realize it.

Now Donald was supposedly choosing a new ring for me.

Yet it was still Cecily's hand he used to try it on.

To them, there was probably nothing strange about that at all.

At eleven that night, my phone buzzed again.

A mutual friend sent me a screenshot of our group chat.

Someone had been trying to talk sense into Donald.

"Donald, you should really make things right with Summer.

"The ring incident today really hurt her."

A few minutes later, Donald replied.

"Summer's just acting on emotion right now.

"I'm already picking out a new ring for her.

"She'll calm down eventually."

Cecily added a message of her own.

"This is all my fault.

"Maybe I should apologize to Summer in person tomorrow."

Donald replied almost immediately.

"How is any of this your fault?

"You were put in an awkward position today, too.

"She shouldn't have taken it out on you."

I stared at those words.

But the sharp pain I expected never came.

I suppose I had simply run out of pain.

So even when those words flashed across the screen,

All I felt was numb.

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