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OD: Debatable. I’ve been miserable ever since.
Slytherin4ever: Is the kid hers?
Feeling whiplash from her response that’s out of left field, I reply with a single word.
OD: Huh?
Slytherin4ever: I thought you said you have a kid?
Oh.
OD: I do. And no, he isn’t hers.
Slytherin4ever: Yet you’ve been miserable ever since you left her?
OD: Who said I’m the one that left?
I stare at my phone, waiting for her to reply, but she doesn’t.
Who is this girl?
Pulling up her profile, I read through a few of the questions she’s answered. With a dark chuckle, I take in the clever innuendos along with the statement that she loves football and long walks on the beach. Interesting.
She’s been entertaining as hell tonight, a nice distraction from my regrets that haunt my every waking moment. If it were another life, I might even be interested, but the truth is simple. I’m not over Saylor, and I never will be. I’ve tried to move on. I’ve tried to forget her. But it’s only brought more pain
and guilt. I’m done playing that way. I just have to figure out how to prove it to Saylor.
And if she doesn’t forgive me, then that’s okay too. Grady and I make a good team. I don’t need anyone else.
After a few minutes, my phone dings with another notification, distracting me from my light stalking of this strange girl that proves to be fruitless. Slytherin4ever wasn’t kidding. No pictures. No real substance that shows me who she is, other than her sharp personality and wit.
Slytherin4ever: I’ve seen your pictures, thanks to your profile not being set to private. No woman in their right mind would end a relationship with that. Why do you think I’m still sticking around for this conversation? ;)
With a breath of laughter, I type my response, but she beats me to it.
Slytherin4ever: You never answered my question, by the way. How can you have a kid with someone else if you were miserable after you broke the first girl’s heart?
OD: It’s complicated.
Slytherin4ever: That’s complicated too? Boy, you gotta simplify your life. *flicks popcorn kernel into mouth* Tell me more.
I laugh.
OD: I don’t know where to start.
Slytherin4ever: Well, we’ve already established that you broke up with the girl. What happened after that?
OD: I went away to college.
Slytherin4ever: And then?
OD: Then, I was miserable.
Slytherin4ever: *eye-roll emoji* And then…??
OD: Then I was at a frat party, drunk off my ass, and had sex.
Slytherin4ever: That doesn’t sound very miserable.
