The Group Chat Without Me Novels & Stories

she mumbled, more to herself, but the two ladies had heard her alright, and Zuki was more than happy to let her in on a well-kept secret, "It's in the ladies' group chat, and you're not in it!" Laughing at the childishness of it all, Marybeth shrugged it off. But to say she was stunned and more than a little hurt at being excluded was an understatement. Sure, she didn't like the other women in the family and hadn't gone out of her way to make friends with them. But knowing that there was an all-female group chat she was excluded from made everyone's feelings about her loud and clear. "Here," said Liliana, offering her phone to Marybeth. "Read it for yourself if you want."

They said and started talking among themselves, she noticed that the assistants were talking too even though not so much, it felt nice "Can you guys add the assistants to our group too, I don't like the fact that they seem left out, aside from Jane, the others don't say anything to us and they are part of the team too," She said getting their attention, they all stared at her like she said something wrong and she wondered if they were against it until Sara talked. "You doc, are the one who is the odd one here, because Cora, Eve, Debbie, Josie, Hera, Sonia, and Beck are all part of the group chat, you just don't open it,"

“Wait a minute. I forgot to do something.” Chaylen got his phone. He opened the camera and in an instant, he took a selfie with me! “What did you do?” I asked. “I will send this to the four men and make them jealous~” When I peeked at his phone, he had already sent the picture on their group chat. Wait! They have a group chat?! “You guys have a group chat?” “Yup! Terban and Vincent always left the group. But I always added them to annoy them. Maybe next time, they will block me.”

Tiziana announced, her voice bright with laughter. The video disappeared seconds later. A message appeared in the group chat: “What was that? It disappeared before I could watch.” Adelina, Stefano’s mother. Then Bianca’s reply: “Oops, wrong group chat!” They had another group. One without me. A private family group where I didn’t exist. Where they could share their moments and their laughter and their gelato without my inconvenient presence. I stared at my phone, my hands trembling so violently that the screen blurred.

The girls were playing by the shore, their laughter as cheerful as seagulls. I lay on a beach chair, staring at my phone screen, and clicked on that group chat for one last look. Evelyn's profile was still in there, but it would never come online again. "Dad, what are you looking at?" Geraldine ran over, crouching beside me and tilting her head curiously. I smiled and reached out to ruffle her hair. "It's nothing." With a swipe of my finger, I kicked my alternate account out of the chat, then hit "Delete Group".

Yet, as time ticked by, I grew increasingly worried about their absence. Feeling a slight buzz from the alcohol, I decided to check my phone for any messages. I unlocked the screen and glanced at the new group chat we had created just for tonight's adventure. Nothing. Not a single message from either of them. Frustration gnawed at me, and I was about to type out a furious message when a voice broke through my thoughts.

That I was losing my mind over a man I wasn’t supposed to even think about? That the line between right and wrong had already blurred in my head? It was forbidden. A taboo. The kind of thing people don’t listen to… because they don’t want to believe it exists. I exhaled softly, letting my head rest back against the tub. Then— Buzz. My phone vibrated in my hand. I glanced down. A notification. A group chat. One of the Silvercrest circles. Pack members around my age and a little more. I sat up slightly, curiosity pulling me in as I tapped it open.

“What is going on?!” Mae frowned. “What—” “Kent removed me from the group chat!” Vanessa interrupted, full of complaints. “Just like that! Without even saying anything!” Mae looked at Kent because they both knew why Vanessa had been removed earlier. They almost did something they should not have done while still inside the group chat, and Vanessa could have suddenly joined the video call and caught them. Mae softly laughed. “No worries, Van. I’ll just add you back later, okay? I’ll ask him after I finish reviewing why he removed you.”

Whitfield from the old neighborhood. The three teammates turned out to be defensive linemates from my own team, all of whom had apparently been recruited into an elaborate group chat titled "Operation Trixie's Happiness" that I definitely wasn't supposed to know existed, complete, according to Yasmine's phone screen when she wasn't quick enough to hide it, with a pinned countdown timer and at least forty messages debating cake flavors. "We know about the group chat," I told them the moment I sat down, watching all three of them exchange guilty glances.

I gripped my phone, maintaining my silence. I never had a brother. Mom's voice turned frantic, almost tearful now. "Say something! Where on earth are you? I'll come pick you up." "Don't bother," I said flatly. "I'm out of town. I won't be back anytime soon." The line went quiet for a few seconds before Mom spoke again, her voice laced with disbelief. "What do you mean? You ran off to another city by yourself? Have you lost your mind? You're all alone—"