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“In case you've forgotten, Landon and I broke up He fucking cheated onback to him”
“Yeah, but you were pissed off at the tiuys had One mistake isn’t a deal-breaker, you know?”
“No, actually, some mistakes are deal-breakers,” I corrected her, incredulous “I caught him with his dick in someone else’s mouth That’s as final as they come I wouldn’t touch him with someone else’s hands at this point”
Sasha’s eyes widened with sudden contrition, bobbing her head "I'ht to push Landon to the curb Irude”
Rude doesn’t even begin to describe what Landon did to ht he was The One Yeah, as in babies, e, the white-picket fence…all the doine because I was so head over heels Now I think of myself back then and wanted to vomit
I realized Sasha was still talking, wistfully at that
“I’to buy et ht there in front of God and country” Suddenly, Sasha paused as if she’d discovered the true reason for irl, are you on your period? Because if you are, I have a porn star trick that totally works You just stick a e—“
“I’ht there “Not on my period Just not interested”
Like my period would be only reason why I wouldn’t fuck a total stranger
Sasha, disappointed that she hadn’t solved the dilemma, asked plaintively, “So, what do I tell him?”
“I don’t care Tell ay and I have a really jealous girlfriend Make sooing to see hiain”
Sasha pushed away fro a look that clearly questionedup the opportunity of er lifted his shot glass in salute and I turned away
That guy was probably accusto to do whatever he wanted Must be a rude awakening to be rejected I probably took a wee bit toohim for my broken heart but Landon wasn’t available
Landon was shacking up with his new girlfriend, the one who my boyfriend in my apartment
Such a fucking asshole And just when I thought he couldn't sink any lower he had to go and add salt to the wound by draining every last dime from our bank account
All I had to my name were the sweaty tip dollars that sed between so froood at all
I half expected the stranger to betold no just wasn't in their purview But to his credit, he left ht, finish o home and cry quietly into my pillow
Either that or drinkday Either/or would work
But after an hour or so, he left and oodbyes to Sasha and the rest of the crew and stepped out the back door, ready to walk to the subway station
My eyes burned anda double in shitty shoes was murder but when you were on a fixed incoest priority
And besides, I was never one of those women who lived and died by their shoe collection If you were to look in ht now you'd see three pairs of shoes: a pair of running shoes, a dusty pair of heels that I rarely wore because I never had thethe end of their days but still got the job done
To be honest, I preferred being barefoot Probably a consequence of growing up in the country How a country girl like me ended up in New York City was one of those stories that deserved to land in the How-I-Fucked-Up-My-Life column
But then, I guess we all had decisions that ended up in that coluht?
This was ‘Merica and we got the right to fuck up our lives however we choose — so said y
And boy howdy, if fucking up were an Olyold
Go Me
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The backdoor had barely clicked shut when a voice sta
rtled the shit out of me
“You refused my offer for a drink”
I whirled,into my purse for my pepper spray, h to do so for me
So totally not cool
“What the fuck?” I hissed,to findwaiting for me like some stalker?”
“Cal unreasonable “I’ you off down the alley”
“Yeah? So a is totally normal in your world?”
“Not usually but sometimes you have to make exceptions for extraordinary circumstances”
“Look, asshole, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but so to strike out I’”
He chuckled as if I were cute “Why did you refuse my drink?”
“Are you kiddingme out and I'm about to call the cops in about two seconds if you don't back off”
“Jumpy, aren’t you?”
“Uh, yeah, especially when strangers accosttheir offer of a drink”
“Accost you? A little dra”
He had a point He didn’t see me off I mean, c’mon, aits outside of a dive bar for a date? No thanks, creeper stalker dude I don’t care if you look like an angel, you’re freaking me out “Look, I'm flattered that you seeiant bull dyke girlfriend who gets very jealous when anyone looks cross-eyed at me so do yourself a favor, save your balls and just leave me alone”