My first love who betrayed me

ht when everything

just busy, but after weeks of growing distance between us, I couldn't shake the uneasy feeling th

. As I drove through the dimly lit streets, my mind was racing. Part of me hoped this would be the night we coul

ut from behind the curtains. I stood there for a moment, staring up at her window, my heart

moments, I heard the soft shuffle of footsteps on the other side. The door crea

eep my voice steady. "I've

She glanced over her shoulder, then stepped outside, pulling the door s

my stomach twist. "Can we talk?" I asked, my voice quieter

since I'd met her, Michelle looked uncertain, almost a

I kept waiting for her to say something, anything, that would make sense of the way thin

need to know what's going on. Why have you been pull

lle I had fallen in love with-the girl who used to laugh with me under the stars, who made me feel l

she began, her voice barely audi

d. "What are yo

tabbing through me like a knife. "It wasn't supp

I struggled to comprehend what she was saying. Someone else? How? When? I wa

se," she continued, tears now spilling down her chee

promise we had made, suddenly felt like a lie. The love I thought would last forever had been s

managed to ask,

tears with the back of her

e, every time she had pushed me away. I wanted to hate her, to scream at her,

red again, but her word

f the betrayal was too much to bear. The person I had once trusted