Semua Bab Goodbye Ex, Go to Hell!: Bab 21 - Bab 30

Lucy’s POVFrom the little I manage to piece together from office gossip, I find that Diane and Nathan are in some relationship of sorts.“If you love your job, it’s better you stay away from the boss. She makes sure that any attractive female who comes here to work, and whom she thinks the boss may be interested in gets fired. I overheard her accusing the boss of being interested in you the other day.” Ashley, a young intern who has been here a few months before me, warns me out of the blues, as Diane emerges from Nathan’s office and begins to walk out of the building, her head held high.“Huh? What are you talking about?”“I’m talking about Diane. Nobody here likes her. She looks down on everyone and everything and thinks she’s better than everyone else. We all believe that the boss can do better than her, and we know he doesn’t really like her that much, at least not in a romantic way. She’s just forcing herself on him.”Nathan hasn’t been to the office in two days now, and no one

Lucy’s POVMemories from the past flash in my head as I make the drive down to the airport to pick up my friend, Amanda.They're not good memories, but they remind me of how Amanda has always had my back since I can remember, and how she's the closest thing I have to a sister.The memories range from ones of Amanda and me, hiding away from the mean girls who were hell-bent on making our lives pure hell in the orphanage, to ones of her protecting me with her body, and taking most of the beating that was meant for me, because I was the smaller, weaker one.She had always been the stronger one of the two of us, even though back then, she was no more than a child herself, and it remained that way until we grew up and parted ways when it was time for us to go to college.The panicked, broken, and scared voice I heard on the phone this morning though, sounds nothing like the strong, self-assured voice I'm used to, and it breaks my heart to bits.Something is wrong with my friend. I have to

Lucy’s POV I have never liked hospitals, but to be fair, I don't think anybody likes them. According to what I've been told, I spent almost six months in one, after I was found swaddled in a cardboard.Naturally, I don't remember that time, but I do remember when Amanda was hospitalized for a long time because she needed a heart transplant.That had been one of the scariest times of my life, as there was the possibility that I was going to lose the one person whom I loved most in the world.However, my fear of hospitals is the last thing on my mind as I pace up and down the hospital hallways, waiting for an update on Amanda. Suddenly, my phone starts ringing, and when I check it, I see that it’s my mom who’s calling. It is then that I realize that in my panic, I forgot to update her that I'm going to come back home very late. “Hello, Mom.”“Honey, where are you? I hope there’s no problem?" Her voice sounds worried.“I’m so sorry, Mom. I meant to inform you guys, but somehow, I got c

Lucy’s POV The four of them come to a halt as they get to us. A very awkward silence, which is thick with tension with tension ensues as they get to us. Lucas is the first to break the silence by talking to me.“Hello, Diane. Fancy running into you here. What are you doing here?”“My friend is very sick. I brought her to the hospital for treatment.”“Ah, I see. I'm sorry to hear about your friend.”After that, Nathan introduces his sister, who is watching me with barely concealed interest, to me. “Lucy, this is my elder sister, Doris. Doris, this is Lucy. She works in my company.” “Hello, Lucy, it’s nice to meet you. I assure you that I don’t always look like this, but I'm currently going through a rough patch. Hopefully, when next we meet, you’ll see me in all my glory.” Doris tells me, smiling self-deprecatingly.I return the smile and tell her it is nice to meet her as well. Even though I’ve only heard her speak a few words, I can immediately see what my brother meant when he said

At first, I’m certain that my dad is playing a cruel joke on me, but as the seconds pass by and he keeps staring at me with that helpless, tired look, it dawns on me that he’s in fact not joking.Once this realization hits, I burst out laughing out loud. If I don’t laugh, then I'm going to cry. The both of them do not say anything during my laughing spree, or try to stop me. They just let me go on and on.“You’re serious. You’re really broke.” I say when I'm done laughing.“Yes, I am, honey. I really wish it were a joke, but it isn’t. I’m sorry I kept it from you for so long, but it is better late than never. Naturally, there are going to have to be several big adjustments in our lifestyle … bigger ones than the ones we made several months back, I’m afraid.”Before I can think of what to say next, we hear voices and greetings coming from the entrance of the house, and a minute or so later, my step sister, Amelia, comes in. I didn’t know she was coming. If I had known she would come,