Friendship Cause Heartbreaks Too

Chapter - 24

After that day, I cut off ties with everyone. All the girls. Alice, Sanya, Vickie, Talia, Shirley, Shayla.

I didn't want to see their faces.

A day after that, my mother asked about her. As in how was she doing and if anything new was there.

I told her we weren't on talking terms. She got it.
She was even surprised and asked me, "You're not on talking terms? As in everything's over?"

I nodded.

She asked, "Just like that? You were okay a few days. I mean nothing big was going on."

I couldn't tell her everything in detail. She did have an idea she wasn't good for me and that she used to hide things from me.
She just didn't know that every moment, every memory was filled with her lies.

They weren't occasional, I received lies at every moment.

I just shrugged my shoulders and looked down. I didn't want to talk about it, yet.

I realised the value of my family. And I solely focused on them.
I gave my best to get back with them and to make them the most important thing in my life.

Today, that's exactly what they are. My life.

Mom, dad, my younger sister and my younger brother.

But it was hard to forget everything and then move on.

On Vickie's birthday, I started crying the moment I started walking home after the extra tuitions.

And I kept crying the whole time. Her contact no. was still saved in my phone, so I saw her stories. Sanya and Alice were there at her home, cutting cake, they gifted her a watch.

They were celebrating.

It was like nothing was wrong. Like they weren't affected.

Mom and dad consoled me and taught me real life lessons. And I actually listened to them. And engraved those words in my mind.

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In the school, I got closer to Preeti. Our friendship was unexpected but it's the best till now.

I could talk to her about anything and everything. From my weird obsession with daily soap to my darkest secret.

She's the one who knows about my rape.
And she didn't have to spend five or more years with me to earn my trust.

She had those vibes, those good, positive, and trust vibes that made me feel comfortable.

We became sisters in such a short period of time.

Sometimes a person you met 2 months ago can make you feel things, a person you met 2 years ago couldn't do.

She told me about her family. Her closest friends, her old school. And just everything.

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One day, Sanya gave me a packet and told me to give it to Vickie, since we live nearby.
I asked her what it was and she told me it was sample question papers.