How Do You Say Goodbye

She couldn't say no . . .

Athena knows she should break up with Dale. He's not right for her and she knows it. But Athena's got a big problem --- she can't say no. To anyone. So when Dale asks her to go steady, she accepts (sort of) even though she's just met Xander. He's the boy Athena really likes and wants to see a lot more of. Now she has two boyfriends but she's miserable.
Athena wants to straighten things out, but she's afraid of hurting Dale. So she lives a double life of lies and confusion, trying to keep Dale and Xander apart. And it works --- until the night when her lies go too far.

P.S. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and events are product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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