The Lies We Told On Thursday Nights

47. Wednesday: Emails and Middle Fingers (Levi)

Hi everyone!

This chapter shows Levi's journey. I tried to make this an extra long chapter because I can never seem to update weekly. For all those who are dying for the characters to reunite...next chapter.

Anyways, thank you guys for everything!

Levi

Wednesday (like two months later) 3:12 pm

I would get to check my e-mail today, and if I was lucky, write emails myself.

The rumor spread that texting me would be fruitless, so my mom wouldn't be surprised if people used e-mail to contact me.

If they wanted to contact me at all. I didn't know why they would bother.

The nurse used his card to unlock the computer lab. It was a small room, about the size of a bedroom. There were probably two dozen desks.

I was the only one in here, it felt odd to be alone.

I moved to turn on the computer but the nurse shook his head and gestured me to turn away. He typed in a passcode.

"Just letting you know, kid," he preambled, "the data is saved, everything you do and write. Furthermore, the screen is being transmitted to the docs so don't do anything stupid."

"Yeah, sure," I mumbled. What would I do?

I opened google sign in and typed my school email. The school's crest appeared suddenly causing my skin to crawl.

The email page took paisntankingly long to load.

9,742 emails.

I tried to scann all of them, but most of them were aunomated emails from our school's softwear saying: "assignment due tomorrow" and "you have recieved a grade" and "you have missed 978 classes"

I clicked around, trying to filer those emails out.

I focused on what was left.

it wasn't his school email, I noted.

You son of a bitch. I got expelled. Supposedly you told people what I "did" to that anorexic girl. You said I touched her inapropriatly on many occasions. But she wanted it. You are never good enough for girls, you aren't attractive like me. You wouldn't understand.

Now I lost my scholarship because of you. You've ruined my life.

I'm kinda glad you lived because we'll meet again, Vice.

-James

I scoffed, filling with the odd sense of pride. I finally did something good.

(1 month ago)

Hey Levi,

It's Dina. I'm not sure if you're getting this or how you're doing, no one is telling us shit. Infact, I didn't know what happened to Emery until I saw her

I stopped reading, swallowing hard.

She was at an eating disorder ward. My distant cousin is there, I visited her and saw Emery. You did a number on her Levi, you were a big dick.

But I know you still care so I'll tell you about her.

She looked a little healthier, she said her tube was just taken out. There were no more circles under her eyes or bruises covering every inch of her skin.

For a while she wouldn't look at me, she ushered me away. But you know me, I persisted.

She asked how you were, Levi. She asked wether I knew if you were alive or not.