Always There

Always There

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I’ve always comprehended the concept of abandonment. When I was eight, my mother and father drowned. After that, I isolated myself and built wall after indestructible wall around myself. Candice Wells, my aunt and guardian, was the only person that understood me, yet I ignored her, pushed her away. I never want to go back to the way I was before; reading reclusively behind the school, never uttering a single word to anyone, never showing anything but an impassive expression. I refuse to continue like that, so I have taken it upon myself to become the complete opposite. I involve myself in school activities, receive impeccable grades, and pretend as if my innumerable walls have suddenly caved in. I pretend I’m happy. I pretend that I’m content with my life. I put up a false front and nobody knows about it. Except for him.
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Looking back, I should have seen it coming. Paige didn’t like that I went so far away to university. But it was going to only be for two years. She'd join me after she did her two years at community college. I thought we could swing that no problem. We were solid. But she hated the distance. She hated not seeing me every day. She complained that I didn’t come home enough. She hated that for months on end, texting and phone calls were our only form of communication. It wasn’t enough. She'd ask about the girls on campus. She’d gotten it into her head that girls were always making a play for me. I laughed and told her, even if that were true, I’d never cheat on her. She didn't seem completely reassured by that. The bottom line is, Paige thought she was losing me. She wanted me home with her. But I could never imagine the level she'd sink to—the trap she’d set to make that happen. And like an idiot I walked right into it. And it’s a mistake I'm going to have to pay for the rest of my life.

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