Miguel “I will be travelling to Eugene, Springfield to go see a friend.” Ashley said. I was still pondering possible causes for her breakdown. “Oh, that’s um… nice.” I said, trying to force myself to make conversation, outside her recent crying session.“Nice?” Ashley said, pointing out the oddness of my response. “Yes, that you want to go see your friend.” I said, failing massively to defend myself. I barely even put up a fight, “Okay, spill.” She said, catching on to the fact that I was trying to hide my true thoughts.“I just want to know why you were crying when I mentioned your partner.” I blurted out, like I was suffocating with questions. “I already told you, it’s nothing.” She gave the same vague, watered down nothing burger of a response. Literally nothing. “But, it can’t be nothing.” I retorted, because, fun fact, people don’t cry over nothing. “Miguel,” she said, breathing in and out, like she was tired of my constant questions, “when I'm ready to talk about it, I'l
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