The Lost Memories

30. ruin the party

Michelle's PoV

I feel extremely exhausted. After spending three hours pretending that I want to be here, the party still hasn't come to an end. Now the focus isn't mainly on me, the dancers taking turns sipping from their alcohol-filled cups.

It's taking so much for me not to join them. I could really use something to get me through the night.

Emily walks over to me "I'm so glad everything turned out okay. The food was nice, the cake was delicious, and everyone actually seems to be enjoying themselves."

"My feet are killing me, though." I admit to her.

"Do you want to sit down? I can get you a chair."

I shake my head "No, it's fine. I don't want to look like I'm not enjoying myself. It doesn't matter if I'm comfortable or not."

"You shouldn't have to be uncomfortable, though. Here, let me get you a seat-."

I raise my voice slightly "I said that I don't want one!"

She furrows her brows, clearly confused as to why I'm acting so cold with her.

"I was just trying to be helpful. The last thing I want is for you to be in pain."

I'm having none of her lies "Like you care."

I walk away from her, deliberately shoving into her for dramatic effect. I roll my eyes at her trying to act like she cares.

But, before I can even get a moment to breathe, I hear her irritating voice saying "Mom, Dad!"

I instantly turn my head and I see the two people that I thought I'd never speak to again...

"Thank you so much for coming!" She greets them, hugging them both.

"Oh, it's our pleasure!" Her mom says "We wouldn't want to miss this special occasion."

She then looks around, before complimenting what Emily has done to the place "Wow, this looks great! I knew you'd come up with something lovely. I knew from the moment you brought it up that you'd go full out. You always do."

"That's right, mom." Emily says "You know me so well."

And then she speaks to her dad "And, dad... what do you think about it?"

He looks around, clearly not satisfied, yet he lies "Looks good."

There's a few seconds of awkward silence before Emily happens to remember that the party is actually about me and that she should probably bring me into the conversation.

"Michelle." She turns to look at me, ushering me to come over "My parents are here."

No fucking shit.

I walk over to them, reluctantly, feeling my heart practically beating out of my chest as anxiety fills my entire body.

"Hi, it's- it's nice to see you both again." I lie, remembering to keep a smile on my face despite it being obviously fake.

"It's nice to see you." Emily's mom smiles at me "You look absolutely stunning! You're huge!"

Seriously, fuck her.

She grabs hold of my hand "You must be so excited! I remember when I was pregnant with Emily, I counted the days on the calendar, I couldn't wait to see her precious little face!"

And that's when I instantly get lost in the conversation. The blatant lies are nauseating and the way Emily obliviously falls for them each time causes anger to course through my body. Even her dad doesn't react to it. It's almost like he believes the lies that they tell.