Chapter 4The Better Person
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It was evening when I left the cafe.
The sunset was a blinding, angry red.
Across the street, someone was hovering by the bus stop.
Mark saw her instantly and sprinted across the road, dodging a car.
The girl flinched, her face pale.
"Summer, what are you doing here?" he said, his voice rough. "I told you to go back to your dorm. Have you been waiting this whole time?"
She glanced at me, then dropped her head. "I... I was worried about you..."
His whole face softened. "Hey. Don't be."
A wave of nausea, so sharp and acidic, hit me.
I thought I was already at rock bottom. I thought I couldn't feel any worse.
I was wrong.