I was told that everything's gonna be okay. Then he said that nothing's gonna be the same.
I was asked if I could go and make food. Then he said that I was too bad at it.
I was depended on. And then he said I was untrustable.
I asked him if he could...
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In the next morning when I went downstairs, Noah grilled me with questions of where I went last night. Mom and dad acted like the fight they had didn't happened. Cadence like usual was on her phone as she ate breakfast. I gave Noah a fake grin to cover my tiredness and told him not to worry about me.
Like I expected last night, I didn't get much sleep. All night consisted of me toss and turning in my bed. I got to sleep only for an hour or two before the light shining from the sun woke me up.
"I'm very sorry I made you worried, Noah." I hugged him and patted his back. He pulled back and held me at arm's length, "don't go disappearing like that again. We were so worried about you."
"I wasn't," Cadence asserted, looking up at us for half a second before going on her phone again.
I scoffed and leaned against the counter, "of course you weren't." Noah sigh and dropped his arms to his side.
"You were too busy flirting with high school boys to even spare a glance at me!" I rolled my eyes and turned my head away from her.
"Oh, I'm sorry that I didn't give you the attention you craved so much," she batted her eyelashes at me.
"As if I want attention from you; or from anyone."
She dropped her phone on the counter and said, "everyone knows you use Brody as an excuse for attention and pity."
"Cadence," Noah warned.
I whipped my head to glare at her. "Don't. Mention. Him." The coldness in my voice made her look taken back.
"Why, Eden? Is this topic still too hard for you to talk about? Is it hard to talk about how he humiliated and broke you?" She taunted with a smirk.
I took a step towards her back Noah pushed me back and stood between the two of us. "Okay, guys this is enough."
Cadence refused to listen to him and poked her head out from behind him. "Remember all the kisses and happiness you shared with him? That was all fake. When he told you he loved you? Fake." Noah covered her mouth with his hands to stop her from saying more.
Tears pricked my eyes and my vision blurred. I shook my head unbelievingly at her and ran out the door with hot tears running down my face. Noah yelled after me but I ignored it. She didn't have to rub it in my face like that. I know it happened a year ago but it still hurts; a lot.
The ache in my chest increased and I put my hand over it, trying to lower the pain. Well, at least it was there; physically. The tears that blocked my vision made me tripped over the uneven pavement multiple times. I didn't know where I was, I had stopped running a few minutes ago.
Somehow, I ended up at a park fifteen minutes from the beach house. Fortunately for me, there was no one here so I went to sit on one of the swings.
There were so many things I wanted to say to him, but didn't have the courage to. He was such an amazing actor, playing out all those acts. And I have believed him.
