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Of course, my hometown is tainted mostly with bad memories, save those few days with Fable
I drive past the campus, the stadium where I spend the majority of h don, past the shops, the corner cafes and the Starbucks, slowing so it’s not even six o’clock, that’s no surprise Plus the students aren’t really back in town yet That’ll all happen tomorrow
The rain stills falls steadily and when I realize I’ve been driving for well over an hour with no destination inIt’s on the opposite side of town from Fable’s, I live in the newer part, the better part Where the neighborhoods are quiet and the yards are perfect Not like the crowded, older neighborhoods that are overrun with young, loud college students since the rent rates are so cheap I bet my apartment is twice the size of hers and I only have one bedroo there while she has hertheir best to keep it together…
I hanoring the pain that radiates across hto fk up er ain, andby the third punch
But the pain feels good Raw and real, re me of who I a I’ve ever wanted has been handed to me on a silver platter I’ the life Bragging to e apartirl under each arm because I’m the one they call the hero, who’s saved our football team these last two seasons
My world…is a world of shit What Adele confessed has leftshock I drove prettya word Neither did Fable I feel like shit for acting like that, but what could I do? Make small talk with her, chat about the weather and our favorite music and oh, the fact that my stepmom just told hter?
My life is a total soap opera I don’t kno to handle it I don’t know if I believe Adele She’s lied before She always lies Maybe she was trying to shock ht she could drive Fable away My girl is more stubborn than that
Besides, I know exactly how to drive her away and tune her out I’ve become a pro at it these last few days
That realization fills ret
Unable to stand er, I call Adele while still sitting ina steady rhyth, and she sounds surprised to hear fro” The words rush out and I squeeze —her answer
She’s quiet for a round, like she’s at a restaurant or so I wonder if she’s with my dad I hope like hell she excused herself so he doesn’t hear what she’s saying “I wasn’t lying She belonged to you”