My Best Friend's Betrayal
I'd wanted to know what a normal life felt like, so I'd kept that part of myself buried.
When I met Samantha, struggling to get by but pushing through school anyway, I made her my best friend.
When she couldn't afford the hot meals in the cafeteria, I'd pile extra food onto my tray every day and pretend I couldn't finish it, sliding it over to her. When she couldn't pay for school materials, I'd made up a story about winning a scratch-off and covered it for her. When guys from outside school started giving her trouble, I'd scared them off myself.