Pretender

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"Your a pretender, Carrie! That's all you are! That's all you'll ever be!"

He looked me right in the right as he said this, finger out and pointing straight at my face.

In a way, he was right. I had pretended a lot. I had lied.

But only ever to protect him from me; the real me.

But that didn't matter anymore.

I stood looking back at him, shame and guilt clearly glinting in my eyes. I couldn't even find the words to apologise. Or to even move. Or to cry. I just stood there.

He shook his head and left.

That was the last time I had seen Liam Payne.

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