Chapter 11

Sally looked like the ground had been ripped out from under him. His hands were shaking."That's not what happened! Gia, listen to me! I only said that because the guys were right there. I was just trying to look tough. I didn't mean it! I...""Don't. Denying it just makes you look pathetic, Sally."I looked at him and said quietly, "You're the one who always said talking about people behind their backs was wrong. Take a look at yourself. You're no better."Every last trace of color drained from Sally's face.I let out a long breath.It was strange. When I first overheard that conversation, I was furious and devastated. Now, standing here, I felt nothing at all, as if I was watching it happen to someone else."I know you liked me. But I also know there was a moment when you wavered. For just a second, you thought Fiona was great too, and you liked her enough that you wanted to show off in front of her."And that's normal, Sally. You liked me because we grew up together. I was p

Chapter 12

Sometime after that, Sally and Fiona broke up. I never found out why.I heard Fiona left New Yiz after it ended. Sally, on the other hand, became a different person. He cut off his old circle entirely and started following me around with a single-minded devotion that bordered on obsession.Every morning, he would show up with my favorite strawberry juice and a strawberry muffin. Whenever he found out I was going out with friends, he would trail behind me at a careful distance, insisting he was there to keep me safe. It was like being kids again, except he was trying even harder than he ever did back then.I asked him what he was doing. He shook his head and just looked at me with those sad eyes, saying nothing for a long time. Finally, he said he only wanted to make it up to me, to take care of me properly.The truth was, he would not go away no matter what I said, and no one could talk him out of it. It was exhausting.Around the same time, Papa told me the Vitale family's oper

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