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Chapter Twenty-seven
Amir
Iwalkedintomyhouse. Everything looked the same. Same scuff on the wall. Same worn-out rug on the floor. My friends in the living room, laughing over something stupid on TV.
It was wrong. All of it.
Life didn’t get to be the same when I was upside down.
I had woken up this morning with the decision to find my girl, bring her back here, and make her beg for my forgiveness—which she would, and I would give her gladly.
This morning could have been a thousand years ago. I was a different person now.
My world was controlled. I held the reins. Shit went my way because I made it so. People listened to me, deferred to me, did what I asked, what I told them to. No one walked away from me. They watched me walk when I was well and truly ready.
I wasn’t anywhere near ready to walk away from Zadie. Hadn’t I been thinking about keeping her forever?
God, who was that naive kid who thought he controlled his world?
I didn’t control shit.
Fuck Zadie for asking me to do something she damn well knew I couldn’t. Fuck her for throwing around love like it was so damn easy to turn on and off.
Julien came out of the living room, headed in the direction of the kitchen. He stumbled over his feet when he spotted me frozen by the front door.
“Uh…hey.” He approached. “Did someone die? You look like someone died.”
“Nope.”
“What’s up, man?”
I had enough presence of mind not to throw my backpack across the room. My laptop and school shit were in there. When I got over this, which I damn well would, I’d regret destroying the things important to me.
With a calm I pulled out of my deepest reserves, I set my things down, kicked off my shoes, and passed Julien to head into the kitchen. I grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge and drank until it was gone. By the time I crushed the bottle in my hand, Marco and Julien had both arrived.
Concerned. They were concerned about me.
Well, fuck that.
“Zadie walked.”
Julien started. Marco crossed his arms, a storm brewing on his face.
“She broke up with you?” Julien asked.
“Yep. Had a feeling it was coming when she snuck off on me.” I pulled up a seat at the table and sank down in it. “She confirmed it today.”
“And?” Marco took the seat across from me. “Is she into someone else?”
Julien grunted. “Zadie would never.”
I shrugged. “I don’t even know what Zadie would do. Thought I did. Thought I had a loyal girl. Seems like I was mistaken.”
“What the fuck did she say?” Marco demanded.
I slowly turned my head to him. My friend was indignant. Pissed off for me, and he had no idea what had happened, just that I was wronged.
“She said she loved me.”
