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And it’s definitely not how it happened this time around

"Oh yeah?" Brit whirls around, furious "I don’t knohat planet you’ve been living on, but that’s exactly ent down He went into a total fked-up spiral after you waltzed off out of town four years ago You didn’t see what you did to hi across her face "You don’t kno far he went"

I shake my head, furious "But he’s the one who broke up with ain!"

"And you let hirab her ar about?" I de her arm "Like you don’t know"

"I don’t!" I yell over the sound of the downpour, totally confused now "Eht after my mom’s funeral, told me it was all over, and that he didn’t love me any confession, echoing in the pouring rain of the parking lot

Brit stares atover her face "You really don’t know, do you?" she whispers

I feel a rush of blood pounding throughabout? What does she know?

"Tell !"

Brit stares atand racing off, up the outside stairs that lead to the aparto, helpless I don’t knohat’s going on here, but I know it has to be so about Es that I don’t know about? What possible excuse could he have for breaking h I know it’s stupid, I feel a ray of hope If he was hurt after the breakup, then I h to h to love

I wait anxiously for Brit to come back down I have so many more questions for her, I don’t even knohere to start, but as the seconds tick past, and water soaks e She told o up there after her? What if it was just a cruel prank, to get back at e?

My nerves tie themselves in knots, until finally, the apartment door opens, and Brit hurries back down the stairs

"You need to talk todesperately out of my mouth in a babble "I need to knohat happened, please!"

"Here" Brit holds so written on the front "This explains everything"