Page 112 of My Rules for Revenge
“I know, and it’s the most regrettable thing I’ve ever done. I tried to apologize to Indira hundreds of times after she left, but she blocked me on everything. Not that I blame her,” Eddy explained with regret in his voice.
“This situation is complicated and screwed up. Despite what you did, I know that you’re not an evil person. But you never told me, and you lied to my face multiple times when I gave you the chance to tell me the truth. I’m trying to be more forgiving, but this… I thought we could trust each other.”
“I was afraid of this. I knew if I told you, you would look at me like I was a monster,” Eddy confessed.
“If you had trusted me enough to tell me, maybe I wouldn’t have,” I clarified.
“I’m sorry, Heather. What I did is not an easy thing to say to the girl you’re in love with,” Eddy admitted.
“I can’t help but think you did this because you were trying to make up for what happened with her. I was another girl who had her nudes leaked, and this time, you decided you would do the right thing.”
“Heather, of course, it wasn’t like that. That’s why I tried to get you to stop this whole thing with Jacob. I care about you,” Eddy pleaded.
“Did you ever care about Indira?” I asked directly.
“Not as much as I care about you,” Eddy assured me.
I softly nodded.
“I need some time to digest all of this. I’ve had my relationships with two people change forever in the span of one weekend.”
“What are you saying?” Eddy asked.
I grabbed and squeezed his hand. I softly kissed him on the cheek.
“I’m not saying anything, Eddy. We’ll talk again, but not now.”
As I walked away, he remained still and only stared at me.
The next day, Vivian came over to my house, and we hung out in my room. She comforted me as I couldn’t get Eddy out of my head.
“What are you going to do now?” Vivian asked.
“I have no idea. I think I was beginning to really like him, and he broke my heart. I don’t think he’s a monster, but I can’t just shake off what he did.”
“It’s tough. I still can’t believe he manipulated her like that. I had no idea he was capable of doing something like that,” Vivian remarked.
“Me neither,” I replied and shook my head.
“Do you think there’s a chance that you two will ever…you know?”
“I’ll talk to him again, eventually. I know I’ll be able to forgive him. I just need distance for now,” I said with a tinge of sadness in my voice.
“You think you’ll be just friends?”
I thought deeply about that idea. I didn’t think I would be able to ever look at him the same way again, but with enough time, everything could feel different.
“There’s a chance. But beyond that… I don’t know,” I said, with doubt.
Vivian nodded.
“Well, enough of this depressing conversation; let’s go get ice cream,” I suggested.
“I’m down. Where?”
“Let’s go to my dad’s favorite place,” I said as I perked up from the depressing conversation.
“Good idea,” Vivian affirmed.
