Heartless love ( mend my heart)

and drove off in a frenzy, screeching tires as she left. Weaving i

ar and ran inside to the refuge of her little two-b

r cheeks like waterfalls. They fell silently onto he

of her life with, only to find him entwi

er eyes burned and stung. She was sobbing so hard that it felt like someone had take

uncovered. She was so angry she couldn't thin

d he d

he have bee

pay attention

," she screamed as she curled further

ed that afternoon, the tears continued to stream,

pain inside her

body stopp

left were her hiccu

ere came a stillness as she laid there, unmoving. As she star

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to the sound of

upon opening her eyes, she began to feel the stabbing pa

a bad dream and all would be right i

s and a dark emptiness inside of her, feel

ed the ice-cold vodka bottle out of the freezer and poured herself a shot. She th

another, and then suddenly h

keeps calling?" s

e phone off, Cassandra went to grab her cell. But before she pressed th

friend since the first grade when her family h

hey didn't see each other as often as they liked nowadays due

graduation to her high school sweetheart, Nichola

icholas was a little too "old school" and held Eloise

ok care of the house like a good little wife. Eloise claims that

as if Nicholas had just suffocated it and put

nant and start a family, but that was not someth

ausing some major confl

ng her own apartment. Eloise even vowed to take Cass

changed drastically, and Eloise changed. She wa

ered Eloise's call with

d with concern in her

the emotion

ound good. A

ghed and then threw back another

ywhere; I'm

, Eloise hung

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at's going on?" Eloise blurted

because I fe

ss, her mascara had streaked black marks down

numb the pain before Eloise arrived

assandra slurred, "and guess what I saw... I caught him half-naked

Eloise y

itch, and I was too stupid to see

no way of knowing!" she declared

te, I'm sure he was tangled up with that no good

piece of crap he is. He doesn't de

and it felt great!" she giggled to E

d. She knew whatever bottle Cassandra had been knock

one hell of a hangover in the morning, and unfortunately,

uld get some coffee in y

't want an

to get it anyway," E

end a cup of coffee. But when returning with the cup,

sat down next to her. As Eloise quickly drank t

. I have something that might impr

b