Whenever I swam for the light,Ella did everything she could to take me into the abyss. She betrayed me. I hate the day I met her and trusted her as a true friend.
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She and I met in highschool...we were more like sisters because she was my closest person. We shared literally everything. I thought she was real. I thought she was honest. I thought she knew what true friendship meant. But unfortunately she betrayed me in the worst way.
I shattered into a million shards as I broke. All along the while trying to hold onto her thinking she was good while she stabbed me with vile words about how bad Ryan is.
I believed her.
Whenever Ryan and I had an argument i would open upto her about it and she would always tell me to leave him and that he isn't good for me. Something about her words made me uneasy. If only I listened to my instincts.
This one night he was just chilling in the backyard on a phone call and he was kinda whispering,obviously didn't want me to hear what he was saying.I knew something wasn’t right when he’d softly speak. Wondering what he was talking about consumed me.
I was tempted to ask him but I knew if I did he would get angry and we would just end up arguing. So I just decided to let it go
The following morning Ella came over...I just didn't like her vibe that day and i knew that I didn’t want to be around her, so I stayed away.
I left them alone for about thirty minutes to get somethings done I didn't like the idea but then I had no any other choice.
On coming back they both seemed rather aloof. They looked at me in a way I had never seen before. I thought maybe they fought because Ella would always stand up for me when she notices something wasn't right with Ryan and I
. I was feeling heavy on the inside despite of me having a "reason" at the back of my mind and when Ryan asked me to come in and sit down in the living room my heart fell.
I didn’t want to sit down but the look in their faces pulled me. Then came the words I never imagined I would hear
"We are so sorry Hazel, but we have been cheating on you,” they said
Numbness came over me. I sat there stunned.
"Ella?" I said looking at her with disgust
She didn't say a word...probably happy that she finally opened up. A burning feeling raged through me as I dushed out. I can't believe it took me months to realize that,Ella was actually in love with Ryan and they were having an affair.
"How could I be so blinded by love?" I couldn't stop questioning myself
Every piece of my heart chipped into unrecognizable fragments of despair.
How can I ever love again? Can I ever trust anyone again? What was life going to be without them?
My hopes and dreams about love and friendship was shattered. And all that I remained with was my broken heart.
I went to a hotel room and collapsed onto the bed on what I knew to be betrayal.
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