“Bry?” Nicole materialized next to me like my filtered memories had conjured her. I didn’t react at first, not computing that my once friend could be here. My shock at seeing her wiped away the tremor of hearing her say my shortened name. She fidgeted with the cuff of her white button-up, her eyes wide with surprise. Oblivious to my mute silence. I hadn’t seen Nicole since the fateful night when everything had fallen into ruin. When she’d lied about me not wanting to be with Adelaide anymore. Her betrayal stung so sharply, especially with the pieces of my life falling in shards around me. I
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