One Question, Two Words| #RiseAbove Writing Contest
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I was invited to the #RiseAbove contest for Telus(so here goes)
My only friend betrayed me.
He lived in the USA. I lived in Canada.
We communicated through text, pictures and occasionally FaceTime. I shared all my secrets, but I was too blind to see that he had not shared any of his own.
I thought I trusted him.
At one point, I even thought I loved him.
But he destroyed all that with one question. Two words ruined my entire life. I've always read stories about this happening, but I never would've thought it would happen in real life, and to me of all people.
One question, two words. Destroyed my life.
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