Leaving The Guy Who Loved Only Himself
He stared blankly, as if the ground had quietly dropped out beneath him.
Next to him, Chloe noticed his face turning pale. She tilted her head.
"What's wrong? You feeling sick?"
He didn't answer at first. His mind had emptied. Words were sluggish to form.
Finally, he muttered, "Alyssa left me… She really left."
He thought she might comfort him.
Instead, she stifled a laugh, then let it out anyway.
"Isn't that great news?" she said brightly. "If she hadn't gotten in the way back then, we wouldn't have had to break up. Now that she's gone, we can finally be together, openly and honestly."