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"Eric--"

"I had a beautiful girl throw herself atwith her but I didn’t even consider it for second You knohy?"

Sofia didn’t respond So squeezed at her throat When she didn’t answer, he went on

"Because I would never do to you, what you fking did toher phone as the line clicked and Eric hung up on her again

Eric was irls for late lunch His dad called early in the ized for his insensitive behavior the night before and asked that he please join theo was because he felt coize to Jennifer He neveroff the phone with Sofia, he noished he hadn’t called his dad back to tell him he would be there He was in absolutely no lad he was co hiot to the table, the girls were nowhere in sight His dad was sitting at a table by himself

"What happened? Did they decide not to come?"

His dad shook his head "No, they’ll be here in about a half hour" He motioned for Eric to take the seat across from him "I wanted to talk to you alone first"

Eric took a seat and prepared hiht, I know you think that I just don’t like Sofia, but--"

"No, Dad you were right" Feeling the anger, but ain He told his dad about the conversation he had with Sofia that ht Jennifer offered herself toback to New York and said we probably would never see each other again, anyway Sofia would never find out, and I couldn’t even consider it for a irl But I could never do that to Sofia" His dad stared at hi on every word He was sure his dad was shocked that Eric was spilling his guts like this But he needed to, needed to let it out, so he ht start to heal "Not only did Sofia do what she did, she did it with Brandon, that piece of trash fro but an assle to her and her brothers all her life" He shook his head The ht I could forgive her because I can’t stand being away fro about what you said last night, maybe she doesn’t deserve me"

His dad leaned over and patted hiht on what I said last night I was drunk and not thinking straight"

Eric shook his head The overwhel pain he’d felt when he first found out about Sofia and Brandon ust accompanied it She’d let that assle in And now he had no idea how to get him out He’d be the perpetual reirl like he’d always thought He’d held her on a pedestal since they were kids, and Brandon had knocked her right off