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. Matt was in the doorway of her room, with his hands all over her roommate Vivian. Vivian looked up at him and ran her
cooed as she traced circles on
answered. “You’re the
aked in. She choked back a sob, but the sound escaped. Vivian’s head snapped in the dire
ience. Who’s there? Mayb
she could from there. This can’t be happening. I must have heard wrong, she thought. That’s it. It’s some kind of misu
Matt gas
broken woman. And she knew what joy Vivian must have felt at that. Vivian Stone had a reputation around campus. Boys loved her, and girls hated her. She was known for stealing boyfriends and breaking up relationships. Emma thought being her roommate could have protected her. But all it d
e Emma. He disentangled himself from Vivian and motioned fo
ested. “We can talk over some drinks.
ir first date. Vivian knew that. Not only did she love stealing people’s boyfriends, she loved t
at’s a good—” Mat
to let Vivian see how broken she felt. Or let Matt know how much he’d hurt her. “A drink sounds grea
their room. Emma felt yet another stab. Matt started at her. His eyes looked around at everything but her face. The walls cl
en—” Matt t
h her body. Matt said nothing else. The tension mounted between them. It was a palpable entity waiting in that hallway. After the longest few m
them. Night had fallen and the storm was still raging. Rumbles of thu
ing, Emm
. It was a high school graduation gift from his parents and he kept it in pristine condition. Emma thought of
ivian sneered. “
,” Matt offered, and went
all wet. She’ll ruin the inside o
for her spot. It was part of the game for her. She got off on causing he
the car. I’ll m
r. Emma backed away. She could
on of the bar. Her heart thrashed against her ribs as she ran.
as her mantra as she ran. She did her best to try and not notice as Matt’s car passed her. She tried not to see how Vivian threw her he
ry. Don
celebrating their anniversary. He’d tenderly kissed her and promised that they would always be together. He gushed about
was decorated as a 1920’s speakeasy. There were often local artists or musicians performing ther
romised herself, I’ll nev
her favorite table. Emma took a
g the space across from them empty
figured she’d need the liquid courage, so downed the drink in one breath. Emma felt an instan
energy for this. If you want to break up with me so you can keep
g will. She wanted Emma to break. She wa
ied. “You just worked so many hours and Matt got lonely. I k
with her?”
“Deep, passionate and true love. I’
Vivian. “You want him? You can have him.” V
, and study. You never try and look good for him. You’re such a prude. It’s no wonder he got bored of you.” A wicked glint flashed in Vivian’s eyes. There was one more thing she could try to brea
Vivian’s drink and t
our friendship intact, but I can see
f all, you keep Sabrina’s name out of your mouth. Say what you want abo
jealous I g
bar was watching them. And Emma found she didn’t care. S
yelled at her. “We tried to have a civilized
led back. “I’ve released you so you can be with your precious bitch.