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Breathing hard, I waited for a light to con that she still loved mebut the house remained dark and silent

Crickets chirped

I glanced over at the girls, who seeht as I was They looked at each other, and then back at me

That’s when I heard a feminine voice come out of the darkness behind uy across the street yelling at the Wilsons’ house, but I think he’s talking to you”

Oh, fuck

Horrified, I spun around on ht at a ho into her phone

“Dude,” the guy called out “I think you’re at the wrong house”

Fuck Me

Behind the couple, the front door opened and a barrel-chestedjeans, a USMC sweatshirt, and a scowl “What’s going on out here? Who’s shouting?”

“That guy over there is telling Winnie that he’s sorry and he loves her, but he’s at the wrong house,” said the girl “I feel really bad for him”

“What?” The man’s chest puffed out further and he squinted in my direction

Then Winnie’s an around her “Is everything okay?”

No Everything was not okay

“Who is that guy?” her dad asked, and by his tone I could tell what heidiot?

“Is it Dex?” Frannie leaned forward and squinted “Is that you, Dex?”

“Yeah It’s me” I’d never wanted a sinkhole to open up and s me as badly as I did at that ht have taken off on foot

Just then, a car pulled into their driveway, and er side Her friend Ellie got out of the driver’s side and looked back and forth between Winnie and me “Holy shit,” she said

“Dex?” Winnie started walking down the drive and stopped at the sidewalk, gaping at ht fro?”