ng eyes of his friends, Wesley's m

om mine. "That was a joke for our friends, Madisyn! You mad

t nothing but a profound, chilling emptiness. The

ght, I had to retreat. I had

"I'm sorry. I'm just... feeling a little insecure. The

lightly, replaced by

my arm. "It's a big step. Let's just

I was feeling okay. A tiny, stupid part of me, the part that had loved him for eleven ye

phone

only" Instagram post. It was a photo of Wesley and Gabrielle, the same day they signed

by Gabrielle, read

was even worse: "Whatever

home and asked me to move in with him, telling me it

ing behind nothing but cold, hard ash. He hadn't just been lying to me for the past

unsteady, a group of women emerged from the shadows of the entrance

ess what was happen

homewrecker!" one

across my face and down my dress. Another drink hit my back. T

, you tramp! This is Ga

to steal another

mask of shock, but he wasn't moving. He was hesitating, calculating the politic

me, was slow and pathetic. "Ladies,

trayal-it was all too much. The world went fuzzy at the edges, the angry shouts disso