A Bet That Changed My Life
I’d liked Finn for so long that even I had started to forget why.
We grew up in the same alley. Maybe it was the time I cried outside after doing poorly on a test, and he gave me a piece of candy. Maybe it was when he brought me breakfast every day in middle school. Maybe it was when my college admission ticket went missing, and he risked being late just to help me look for it.
Later, he confessed to me, and I was overjoyed. However, after he went abroad, he became a completely different person.
Looking back now, I realize it all started in college. He didn’t actually like me. What he loved was the feeling of being admired. If he still thought I would go back to him, that was nothing but wis