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“You make it sound like a chore.”
“Cade, why are you being so sensitive?”
“Sensitive? I’ve barely seen my best friend in the last month for the first time in twelve years. You think you’d be a little more understanding?”
Caught off guard by his attitude, I countered, “Are we fighting?”
“You tell me.”
“I never want to fight with you. I miss you too, okay? Can we just call a truce?”
He eyed me skeptically. “Is this about a guy? Are you seeing someone?”
I jerked back. “Why would you think that?”
“I don’t know. You’re acting differently. I can’t put my finger on it.”
“I just told you I’m not hiding anything from you. Why don’t you focus on your own life instead of butting into mine?”
“Butting into yours?” He scoffed, abruptly standing.
“Cade, I didn’t mean—”
“You obviously did. Listen, if you wanted space, all you had to do was be honest with me.”
“I don’t want space. You’re just on my butt like I’m hiding something from you when I’m not. I don’t appreciate feeling like I’m on the witness stand with my best friend and he’s trying to catch me in a lie.”
“I wouldn’t have to if I felt like you were telling me the truth.”
“Cade, don’t be like that.”
“Fine. Keep your secrets.” He nodded behind me. “Hayley’s here. I’ll catch you later.”
With that, he turned and left, never once looking back to see how I reacted to his outburst. I couldn’t take anymore. It seemed as if it was one thing after another and I had no control. Cade and I didn’t fight and even when we did, we always made up almost immediately.
“What just happened?” I asked myself, taking down yet another shot.
The longer I sat there, the more time I had to contemplate how messed up my life became from the moment I learned of Adrian’s dirty little secret as he called it.
I started to get mad.
Really, really mad.
This was all my fault.
Actually, this was all his fault.
Before I knew what I was doing, I called an Uber and put in their address.
Adrian
She beamed. “I can’t believe I’m here with you.”
“Is that right?” I retorted on cue.
It was always the same.
Women had been telling me this for as long as I could remember. It was never a big deal. I didn’t care about the illusions they created in their heads of what they thought was going to happen between us.
